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Consciousness is fundamentally defined as the subjective awareness of phenomenal experiences [1], and the two concepts are linked through the 'hard problem' of explaining why consciousness correlates with these experiences [2]. Furthermore, research explicitly explores the functional value of phenomenal experience within the study of consciousness [3], while theoretical frameworks like dual-aspect monism relate the two by suggesting physical relations are interactions between phenomenal experiences [4].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimThe hard problem of consciousness includes the question of why psychophysical processes are correlated with phenomenal experience, effectively asking why consciousness exists.
perspectiveVon Stillfried argues that David Chalmers's concept of acquaintance solves the epistemological question of how one knows they have consciousness, but fails to solve the ontological question of why there is concordance between phenomenal experience and physical correlata or whether consciousness is explanatorily relevant.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org 2 facts
referenceAxel Cleeremans and C. Tallon-Baudry published 'Consciousness matters: phenomenal experience has functional value' in Neuroscience of Consciousness in 2022.
claimConsciousness allows information related to hazards of the real world to be encoded in the genome within the assembly instructions for neural circuits responsible for phenomenal experience, or qualia.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimDual-aspect monists propose that consciousness might realize physical structure, or that the relations described by physics are relations between phenomenal experiences.
Theories and Methods of Consciousness biomedres.us 1 fact
claimConsciousness is defined as the subjective awareness of phenomenal experiences, including ideology, language, self, feelings, choice, control of voluntary behavior, and thoughts regarding internal and external worlds.