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Consciousness and evolutionary biology are related through claims and perspectives positing consciousness as an emergent property of evolution ([1]), questioning its necessity in evolutionary contexts ([2]), debating its origins and role in evolution ([3]), and exploring its origins via evolutionary lenses ([4]). Additional connections include evolutionary critiques of consciousness foundations ([5]) and dedicated articles on its evolutionary functions ([6]).
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The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org 2 facts
claimThe article 'The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective' was edited by Antonino Raffone and reviewed by Giorgio Marchetti and Günter Ehret.
claimMax Velmans (2012) addresses the question of why the brain might operate without consciousness within an explicitly evolutionary context, a problem referred to as 'Velmans' question'.
Denis Noble and Stuart Hameroff go head to head - YouTube youtube.com 1 fact
claimDenis Noble and Stuart Hameroff engage in a debate regarding the origins of consciousness and the role consciousness played in evolutionary biology.
Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca 1 fact
perspectiveDan Dennett advocated for evolutionary biology and computational models of the mind, and proposed that consciousness is an emergent property of neural processes and evolution.
The development of consciousness from an evolutionary perspective academia.edu 1 fact
claimThe logic of evolutionary biology does not support Reber's axiom that flexible cell walls and locomotion are sufficient for the biological foundations of mind and consciousness.
The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceGinsburg and Jablonka (2019) explore the origins of consciousness through the lens of learning and evolutionary biology.