A physicist has proposed a radical new theory of consciousness – and it could finally explain what happens when you die. Consciousness does not emerge from human brains, according to Professor Maria ...

For centuries, the concept of consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scientists alike. Often deemed too abstract for scientific exploration, consciousness has been largely left to philosophical ...

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The researchers found 68 articles that analyzed theoretical aspects of consciousness and that were published between 2007 and ...

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 ...

“I think, therefore I am,” René Descartes, the 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician, famously wrote in 1637. His idea was straightforward: even if your senses, the world, or your body ...

Consciousness, the essence of our subjective experiences, remains one of the grandest mysteries of modern science. According to a 2022 paper published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, four dominant ...

Over 100 scientists and philosophers recently decried a leading consciousness theory as pseudoscience in an open letter, sparking a debate about the challenges of probing such a profound enigma.