Thomas Nagel's "what it is like" criterion defines a conscious organism as a being for whom there is a subjective way the world seems or appears from that creature's mental or experiential point of view.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ...

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• Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• subjective experience concept
• Thomas Nagel entity