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Philosophy & Consciousness — Mind, Meaning, and Awareness

What is consciousness? 
What does it mean to "know" something? 
How does a physical universe give rise to subjective experience?

This subforum explores the intersection of philosophy, neuroscience, physics, and computation.

Topics suitable for this section:
• Nature of awareness 
• Qualia & subjective experience 
• Information processing in the brain 
• Mind–body problem 
• Models of consciousness 
• Cognitive science 
• Artificial consciousness 
• Philosophy of identity, meaning, and free will 
• The emergence of self-referential systems 

If your question touches both mind and physics — post it here.