Contemporary debates on consciousness are frequently shaped by the implicit assumption that locating neural causes and correlates of experience suffices to locate consciousness itself. This assumption, shared across reductionist and non-reductionist approaches, generates persistent conceptual confusions regarding the nature, status, and localization of conscious phenomena. This paper argues...
Consciousness remains one of the most persistent problems in philosophy and cognitive science. Despite substantial advances in neuroscience, no consensus exists regarding how physical processes give rise to subjective experience. This paper proposes an evolutionary hypothesis according to which consciousness emerges from the interaction of three fundamental dimensions: neural integration of...