Philosophy of Mind Quote by Patricia S. Churchland

“Unconscious neural activity cannot be made conscious no matter how hard one tries. Part of ourselves is always hidden to us.”

— David Amerland

I'm not the first person to have discovered evidence that consciousness exists beyond the body. Brief, wonderful glimpses of this realm are as old…

— Eben Alexander

“The mystery of consciousness? Erroneous data—significant results.”

— Frank Herbert

“Consciousness has evolved biologically and can therefore be explained biologically.”

— James David Lewis-Williams

I worry that we don't have a very good definition of consciousness yet which makes it hard to tackle.

— Edward Boyden

“Consciousness determines existence.”

— Michio Kaku

“conscious states somehow reflect physical states in the brain. Put in its crudest form, a brain scientist who knew the state of our brain…

— Julian Barbour

Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth…

— Stuart Sutherland

The idea that there will be something spiritual or subtle, some sort of consciousness that can escape the collapse of the body and brain,…

— Stephen Batchelor

“What if I told you, that consciousness is not in the body, body is embedded in the consciousness.”

— Prana Gogia

“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

“There's no consciousness without senses and memories.”

— Toba Beta