Editorial: Comparative animal consciousness https://t.co/fhyj5fNvLL https://t.co/DvBtcTy8VQ
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"This collection of reviews, essays, and theories on various aspects of comparative animal consciousness takes a biological and evolutionary approach." https://t.co/P9amKBym9r
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"The implications of evolutionary theory for the continuity of life inevitably extended investigations of consciousness to species other than humans. Darwin believed that consciousness is an evolved capacity, shaped by natural selection" this looks great!
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As defined here, consciousness refers to the process by which an animal has perceptual and affective experience or feelings, arising from the material substrate of a nervous system. It draws upon a long tradition of neuroscientific materialism