Defining anything is a hard problem, but the English word "consciousness" clearly refers to multiple distinct phenomena. There is literally no point in talking

Defining anything is a hard problem, but the English word "consciousness" clearly refers to multiple distinct phenomena. There is literally no point in talking about if animals have consciousness if you don't pinpoint whether you mean: - Whether animals are asleep or awake (conscious or unconscious) - Whether animals have subjective experience / qualia - Whether animals are self-aware Etc. etc. Once you narrow down then you can try to precisely define the topic or not, but without narrowing down, it's pointless.