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Consciousness and thinking are related through debates regarding their functional overlap, as seen in arguments that consciousness is explanatorily obsolete for understanding thinking [1] and the proposal that thinking can occur independently of consciousness [2]. Furthermore, the field of consciousness studies actively investigates whether consciousness is more closely aligned with thinking or feeling [3].
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Why AI Made Consciousness Obsolete medium.com 1 fact
claimThe book 'Why AI Made Consciousness Obsolete' argues that consciousness has become explanatorily obsolete as an explanation for how thinking works, while maintaining that it still exists as a phenomenon.
What a Contest of Consciousness Theories Really Proved quantamagazine.org 1 fact
perspectiveJakob Hohwy, a philosopher at Monash University, argues that adversarial collaborations are a valuable method for advancing the field of consciousness studies, which remains divided over fundamental definitions and whether consciousness is closer to thinking or feeling.
The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceDijksterhuis and Strick (2016) argue for the existence and utility of thinking without consciousness.