Is consciousness everywhere? In every rock and atom? That is what panpsychists like the philosopher Philip Goff believe. They ...

With this sentence, the well-known Iraqi writer and novelist Ali Lafta Saeed opens his novel (Dust of Horses), published by ...

We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an ...

In Hindu mythology, lineage is never incidental. Gods create, inherit, and pass on their essence just as humans do, sometimes ...

In this season of reflection, it's awe-inspiring to consider how so much is still beyond our scientific understanding — from the big questions of the origins of the universe and life, to the more ...

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

The big thinkers at Aperture examine consciousness as a fundamental aspect of reality. Lawmakers react to US seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker After winning his first Oscar, Tom Cruise kept repeating ...

A pair of recent studies examined why sophisticated levels of consciousness evolved in some animals, but not in others. In the first study, philosophers outlined the ALARM theory that shows how three ...

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic. Although ...

Colin Klein receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Templeton World Charity Foundation. Andrew Barron receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Templeton ...