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If awareness of the environment ... is the criterion of consciousness, then even the protozoans are conscious. If awareness of awareness is required, then it is
by contingencies 3y ago
If awareness of the environment ... is the criterion of consciousness, then even the protozoans are conscious. If awareness of awareness is required, then it is doubtful whether the great apes and human infants are conscious.
- Thomas, Garth J. (1967). 'Consciousness', Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 6. p. 366.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoIndeed, even human adults drift in and out of levels of self-awareness. We spend much of our days in automatic. I remember highlighting the line "Consciousness is consciousness of being conscious" in a Sartre essay when I was 16. It seemed profound then, but obvious now.