There is, he believes, a problem of consciousness, a scientific problem, but not a mystery in the way that philosophers like Thomas Nagel and Colin McGinn think there is.

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He will have to do better than this if he is to justify the philosopher's role in solving the problem of consciousness.

ECONOMIST: Philosophy of consciousness

Rehearsing the arguments, Mr Stannard examines the problem of consciousness, asks whether it makes sense to demand an explanation of what caused the Big Bang that created the universe, and questions the source of the laws of nature and the status of mathematics.

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The media and the country hardly noticed the tour, so Nelson pondered for some time on how to raise consciousness about the problem.

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Your consciousness of the problem is raised.

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Self-consciousness has also become a problem of late.

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At the first glimmer of consciousness, Kurzweil returns to the problem.

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And even if we were able to settle upon an acceptable definition of consciousness, we really have no idea how to study the problem.

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The frontal lobe areas are associated with reasoning, planning, generating language, movement, and problem solving, which means that the mediums were experiencing reduced focus, lessened self-awareness and fuzzy consciousness during psychography.

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