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Types of Consciousness
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types of consciousness
Elijah Flores and Alicia Torres- Alanis
Introduction
What is consciousness ?
Self Awareness
The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings
The word consciousness or the idea appeared in some burial practices. Some express spiritual beliefs and provide evidence of mind reflective thoughts.( Pearson 1999, Clark and Riel- Salvatore 2011)
the history
However in recent historical development, historians/philosophers have argued consciousness arose sometime after the Homeric era (Jaynes, 1974)
Different types of consciousness
Organism/creature consciousness
A thing is considered a conscious being if it has the capacity for thought, sensation, feeling, etc.
Control consciousness
A creature is conscious if it is awake and has an occurrence of mental states, is in control of its actions in a way that is consonant with mental states.
state/event consciousness
This type of consciousness may also be regarded as a ‘mental state.’ This is the state of the subject or an occurring event within the subject as conscious in state and hosting event.
...three sub-cases of unconsciousness or subconsciousness which are:
This leads to..
-Simple distraction or instances of other inattention
-Inaccessibility of processing, such as language comprehension or recognizing patterns
-Repression of memory or trauma
subjective consciousness
This is having a point of view. A subject consciousness
in this sense is “what it is like” for the subject to be in whatever mental states it is in.
introspective consciousness
This perception is derived from Lockean’s “inner sense.” Which focuses one’s attention on their internal character one’s experiences itself.
self-consciousness
This conceptualizes having a sense of oneself as an individual separate from other individuals and the rest of one’s surroundings.
There is..
-Sentience: these are sensory capabilities to which an organism senses and responds to its own world.
-Wakefulness: this form is represented only if the organism is awake and in response to their normal alertness.
also...
-Self consciousness: In order for an organism or creature to be considered as consciousness it must obtain self- awareness.
-Subject of consciousness:Another way to interpret conscious creatures/organisms is to define the notion of conscious states.