Archives - Consciousness: Page 17
Author: amparo enriquez (Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:30 am)
Title: perceptions, thoughts and feelings
CONSCIOUSNESS
“The having of perceptions, thoughts, and feelings; awareness. The term is impossible to define except in terms that are unintelligible without a grasp of what consciousness means. Many fall into the trap of confusing consciousness with self-consciousness-to be conscious it is only necessary to be aware of the external world. Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written about it.” (Sutherland, 1989)