Consciousness
Does consciousness presuppose:
language?
long-term memory?
the ability to understand that you have mental states?
If not, is consciousness merely a recurrent, fleeting state of awareness?
If so, SERIOUSLY, is it considerable that animals have consciousness (minus long-term memory, language, social cognition)?
Thanks for any insight, this has been bugging me.
Accepted:December 4, 2010
Accepted:
December 4, 2010