The term 'sentience' is used ambiguously in three ways: (1) as a broad concept for all subjective experiences, (2) as a reference to the minimal subjective experience at the evolutionary origins of consciousness, or (3) as the hedonic capacity to feel pleasure or pain.

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  Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory

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• subjective experience concept
• pain concept
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• pleasure concept