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Consciousness is related to the mental because, as stated in [1], it was historically defined as the essential or definitive characteristic of the mental realm.
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Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimBetween the mid-17th and late 19th centuries, consciousness was widely regarded as the essential or definitive characteristic of the mental.