Where does imagination come from? How did it originate, and which organisms are capable of imagination? What deeper connections does imagination share with consciousness, survival, and the very essence of life? Across both scientific literature and public discourse, imagination is invoked to describe a wide range of phenomena, including artistic creativity, problem solving, symbolic thought,...
It is often challenging to fully justify why it is preferable to think and conduct research about consciousness following a particular theory as opposed to another. This may be especially true in disciplines within Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Neuroscience which may be pressured to follow radical reductionism to physics or chemistry. The present approach was developed through teaching a...