Author: Henry Taylor, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham

Babies and animals can’t tell us if they have consciousness – but philosophers and scientists are starting to find answers

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Consciousness is a subjective, personal thing, so scientists who study it usually rely on people to tell them what they are conscious of. The problem is that infants are presumably conscious but, without speech, they can’t let us know. Animals like dogs, cats, octopuses and maybe insects might also be conscious, but they can’t tell […]

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