Together-Knowing A Sensorimotor Social Perspective on Consciousness
Journal of Consciousness Studies April 1, 2025 Matthew W. Schelke
While many theories focus on consciousness as a feature of individual brains, some instead situate it in a social context as an adaptation for the cognitive demands of human group life. Though these social approaches to consciousness provide an evolutionarily compelling and parsimonious account of its origins, it is less clear how the social basis of consciousness affects the phenomenological...