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Consciousness and sensation are interconnected, as phenomenal consciousness is equated with sensation in philosophical challenges to materialism [1], with physical accounts failing to explain subjective sensations like seeing green [2]. The modern concept of consciousness lumps together sensations and other experiences [3], and sensations generated by consciousness link to behavior via memory [4].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimConsciousness is considered irreducible because physical accounts of causal chains fail to explain the subjective experience of sensations, such as seeing the color green or moving one's legs.
claimThe modern concept of consciousness was created by lumping together emotions, sensations, and thoughts, a concept that is untranslatable into ancient Greek.
Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness link.springer.com 1 fact
perspectiveRussellian panpsychism posits that consciousness is intrinsic, whereas the sensational associative learning view posits that an overall experience depends on both the intrinsic nature of a sensation and its interpretation.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceThe evolution of agency, defined as the link between conscious contents and behavior, depended on neurocircuitry innovations that made memory responsive to sensations generated by consciousness, according to Lacalli (2023).
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimDuring the classical and mediaeval periods, philosophers viewed the intellect as the aspect of the mind most resistant to materialistic accounts, whereas from the time of René Descartes onward, consciousness—specifically phenomenal consciousness or sensation—became the primary challenge to materialist monism.