Philosophy of Mind Quote by David Chalmers

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a "neural correlate of consciousness"?

— David Chalmers

“distinguish the mere correlates of consciousness from the genuine signatures of consciousness. Although the quest for the brain mechanisms of conscious experience is often…

— Stanislas Dehaene

The study a posteriori of the distribution of consciousness shows it to be exactly such as we might expect in an organ added for…

— William James

“Like any organic entity, a system of consciousness manifests itself through the orderly, differentiated development of a certain unifying reality.”

— Kitaro Nishida

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

— Robert Anton Wilson

Many people mistakenly suppose that the essence of consciousness is that of a control mechanism

— John Searle

Consciousness means being present to everything in life as it unfolds.

— Anonymous

Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.

— John Locke

Consciousness turns out to consist of a maelstrom of events distributed across the brain. These events compete for attention, and as one process outshouts…

— Steven Pinker

Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness

— Remy de Gourmont

We must see that consciousness is neither an isolated soul nor the mere function of a single nervous system, but of that totality of…

— Alan Watts

Consciousness is the fact that we think and feel and that a world, the world shows up for us.

— Alva Noe