Identifying Consciousness in Other Creatures: Three Initial Steps.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) April 17, 2024 Alejandro Heredia Cedillo, Dennis Lambert, Ezequiel Morsella
Identifying consciousness in other creatures, be they animals or exotic creatures that have yet to be discovered, remains a great scientific challenge. We delineate the first three steps that we think are necessary for identifying consciousness in other creatures. Step 1 is to define the particular kind of consciousness in which one is interested. Step 2 is to identify, in humans, the key...