Jean-Louis Dessalles

On the evolution of phenomenal consciousness

arXiv Preprint Archive August 22, 2011 Jean-Louis Dessalles, Tiziana Zalla preprint

A number of concepts are included in the term 'consciousness'. We choose to concentrate here on phenomenal consciousness, the process through which we are able to experience aspects of our environment or of our physical state. We probably share this aspect of consciousness with many animals which, like us, feel pain or pleasure and experience colours, sounds, flavours, etc. Since phenomenal...