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'''Consciousness''' is variously defined as subjective experience, awareness, alertness, wakefulness, and the ability to experience "feeling". It is a [[Buzzword|buzzword]] which makes it interesting but hard to explain, because it means different things to different people and may refer to a variety of mental phenomena. Consciousness is a phenomenon which arises at the intersection of nature and culture or [[Gene|genes]] and [[Meme|memes]]. At the core it is a biological phenomenon. According to Searle (2002), it is simply a "feature of the brain": "consciousness is a state that the brain is in".

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'''Consciousness''' is variously defined as subjective experience, awareness, alertness, wakefulness, and the ability to experience "feeling". It is a [[Buzzword|buzzword]] which makes it interesting but hard to explain, because it means different things to different people and may refer to a variety of mental phenomena. Consciousness is a phenomenon which arises at the intersection of nature and culture or [[Gene|genes]] and [[Meme|memes]]. At the core it is a biological phenomenon, but much more than pure biology is needed to explain it. Biological organisms are complex, they contain processes at many different scales ranging from the molecular and cellular levels up to the level of whole animals and animal groups, which are continuously interacting with each other. According to Searle (2002), consciousness is simply a "feature of the brain": "consciousness is a state that the brain is in".

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Consciousness as two major components. While phenomenal consciousness describes what only this particular individual in question feels right now, public accessible consciousness describes what all individuals of a group have in common:

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Consciousness has two major components. While phenomenal consciousness describes what only this particular individual in question feels right now, public accessible consciousness describes what all individuals of a group have in common:

* the private component is associated with the '''phenomenal consciousness''' which derives from subjective experience that can not be shared with others. It is based on the concrete feelings and specific sensations that can not be explained to others. Phenomenal consciousness is responsible for the explanatory gap and the [[Hard_problem_of_consciousness|hard problem of consciousness]] (Chalmers 1996).

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-'''Consciousness''' is variously defined as subjective experience, awareness, alertness, wakefulness, and the ability to experience "feeling". It is a [[Buzzword|buzzword]] which makes it interesting but hard to explain, because it means different things to different people and may refer to a variety of mental phenomena. Consciousness is a phenomenon which arises at the intersection of nature and culture or [[Gene|genes]] and [[Meme|memes]]. At the core it is a biological phenomenon. According to Searle (2002), it is simply a "feature of the brain": "consciousness is a state that the brain is in".
+'''Consciousness''' is variously defined as subjective experience, awareness, alertness, wakefulness, and the ability to experience "feeling". It is a [[Buzzword|buzzword]] which makes it interesting but hard to explain, because it means different things to different people and may refer to a variety of mental phenomena. Consciousness is a phenomenon which arises at the intersection of nature and culture or [[Gene|genes]] and [[Meme|memes]]. At the core it is a biological phenomenon, but much more than pure biology is needed to explain it. Biological organisms are complex, they contain processes at many different scales ranging from the molecular and cellular levels up to the level of whole animals and animal groups, which are continuously interacting with each other. According to Searle (2002), consciousness is simply a "feature of the brain": "consciousness is a state that the brain is in".
-Consciousness as two major components. While phenomenal consciousness describes what only this particular individual in question feels right now, public accessible consciousness describes what all individuals of a group have in common:
+Consciousness has two major components. While phenomenal consciousness describes what only this particular individual in question feels right now, public accessible consciousness describes what all individuals of a group have in common:
 * the private component is associated with the '''phenomenal consciousness''' which derives from subjective experience that can not be shared with others. It is based on the concrete feelings and specific sensations that can not be explained to others. Phenomenal consciousness is responsible for the explanatory gap and the [[Hard_problem_of_consciousness|hard problem of consciousness]] (Chalmers 1996).