A large part of the problem is that people don't all agree on the definition of consciousness. It ranges anywhere from the property of having an internal exper

A large part of the problem is that people don't all agree on the definition of consciousness. It ranges anywhere from the property of having an internal experience (which I subscribe to) all the way to self awareness, and even to the ability for rational thought. This - and arguments over the definition of "is" - were the reason I stopped reading philosophy of mind papers.