Take a moment and consider how you define mind relative to consciousness. In reflecting on questions such as: Can something have a mind, but not be conscious? Can something be conscious, but not have ...

Consciousness may actually pause while you’re awake. The brain patterns during mind blanking resemble markers seen in deep sleep or anesthesia (disrupted connectivity, impaired sensory processing) but ...

The ICCS Conference arrives at a moment when consciousness research is becoming harder to contain within any single di ...

For centuries, philosophers have grappled with the mystery of consciousness: the unique inner world that seems fundamental to human existence. Despite the long-standing challenge of finding a ...

Google DeepMind has hired an in-house philosopher to explore the boundaries of machine consciousness and ethics. This move ...

Do trees have minds? A friend posed this question during one of the high school afternoons we habitually spent—no doubt with too much time on our hands—engaging in amateur philosophical banter. It ...

The Buddha advised his followers not to waste time speculating about four frequently discussed topics. Mind is one. He said it is like a man who has been wounded with an arrow seeking to find who shot ...