Consciousness research in 2025 has shifted from abstract philosophy to concrete lab results, with competing theories now ...

When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

To understand the nature of consciousness, it is necessary to forego the notion that we are either conscious or unconscious. Some consciousness "stuff" does not suddenly get added to our other brain ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.

While the world is struggling to find answers to almost everything amidst uncertainty and the fall of deeply rooted paradigms, we are witnessing a pivotal moment for humanity that, although it is not ...

Researchers often study nonhuman abilities by assuming their subjects form representations about perceived stimuli and then process such information; why then would consciousness be required, and, if ...