The Fledgling Science of Consciousness

An Interview with Christof Koch

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Science of Consciousness
Edwin Hung

2/2/2009 11:33:16 AM

 Any living organism is conscious. Self-consiousness is different—it is conscious of the self as well as its environment. "Self" is not a sensation. It is a acquired concept. Our ability to project into future and memories make up the content of the self. The difference is "what" we are conscious of, not "how."