Can anybody give an example of something being conscious and yet not aware at the same time? — Purple Pond
I think you can be conscious but not aware in some states near sleep.Actually I have had the experience of being conscious of being asleep, very rarely - maybe once or twice. Also in meditation you can get into states where you're conscious but not conscious *of* anything, which almost fits that description. — Wayfarer
It occurs to me that the expressions 'being aware of' and 'being conscious of' are clearly synonymous, whereas the noun 'awareness' and assumed distinctions from 'consciousness' seem popular in talk of psychology. — jkop
In other words, you were aware that you were asleep. How could you say that you're asleep if you didn't possess the knowledge that you were asleep, and how is it exactly that you acquire knowledge? How is it that you can say that you know anything? Awareness is simply information flow.I think you can be conscious but not aware in some states near sleep.Actually I have had the experience of being conscious of being asleep, very rarely - maybe once or twice. — Wayfarer
You're conscious/aware of meditating, no? How is it that you know that you're meditating?Also in meditation you can get into states where you're conscious but not conscious *of* anything, which almost fits that description. — Wayfarer
You're simply talking about the different things we are aware of. We aren't aware of everything. Stroke patients would be aware of less, just like blind and deaf people.In any case, I think 'being conscious' and 'being aware' are slightly different even if they overlap. I would think 'being conscious' means that your cognitive faculties are in order, that you know what is going on around you. A person who has just had a stroke may be aware in the sense that if you startle them they will show a startle reflex, but if you asked them who they are or what day of the week it is (standard diagnostics for stroke) then they may not be able to respond. — Wayfarer
How do we know that those other parts aren't "conscious" in the sense that there is some form to the information being processed, and that there is some central executive "looking at" those forms and manipulating them for some meaning or purpose.Three types of human mind/body condition can be inferred from observation: consciousness, semi-consciousness, and non-consciousness. These conditions entail variations in awareness and responsiveness (fully aware and fully responsive, partially aware and partially responsive, unaware and unresponsive). — Galuchat
How do we know that those other parts aren't "conscious" in the sense that there is some form to the information being processed, and that there is some central executive "looking at" those forms and manipulating them for some meaning or purpose. — Harry Hindu
Consciousness seems to me to be some kind of information architecture. It is composed of all the various sensory impressions from our various sensory organs, and they all can appear at once. This seems to imply that the brain in a central nervous system is the central location where the information from the senses come together into a seemless model of the world, and it is this model that we reference in order to make any decision and perform any action. — Harry Hindu
Is a computer that uses face recognition by using an image of a face and then comparing the shape, angle and features of the face with what it has in it's memory so that it recognizes a face or doesn't, conscious/aware? — Harry Hindu
When consciously experiencing the world, we seem to always be aware that we are doing so. — JulianMau
Consciousness seems to me to be some kind of information architecture. It is composed of all the various sensory impressions from our various sensory organs, and they all can appear at once. This seems to imply that the brain in a central nervous system is the central location where the information from the senses come together into a seemless model of the world, and it is this model that we reference in order to make any decision and perform any action. — Harry Hindu
For example, I have been "conscious of" a loud ticking sound outside for a long time now, but didn't realize it until just now. Likewise, if a large buzzing sound continued for some time and then suddenly stopped, I didn't "just now become conscious of it," even though I didn't realize it was there until it stopped. — Colin B
You're conscious/aware of meditating, no? — Harry Hindu
Nirvikalpa samādhi, on the other hand, absorption without self-consciousness, is a mergence of the mental activity (cittavṛtti) in the Self, to such a degree, or in such a way, that the distinction (vikalpa) of knower, act of knowing, and object known becomes dissolved — as waves vanish in water, and as foam vanishes into the sea.
f we understand consciousness as "intentionality," that is: "being conscious 'of'" an object, then clearly we are conscious of a lot more than we're aware. — Colin B
Consciousness is a hierarchical matrix, with discursive awareness being the topmost level, but discursive awareness is underpinned by many activities which are subliminal, subconscious and/or unconscious. — Wayfarer
That's another aspect of consciousness that many refer to - that first person nature, or the subjectivity. But doesn't that also seem to be an integral part of being aware? What is aware, and of what? Doesn't being aware entail some kind of exchange of information, which is what gives us the feeling of "aboutness"? Some people call this "intentionality" but I think that term should be reserved solely for attentional aspect of consciousness where certain parts are amplified or suppressed based on the present goal.However as an essential characteristic of such states is their first-person nature, it is likely that their real nature will remain out of reach for the natural sciences. — Wayfarer
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