A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

And if aliens made of different stuff potentially possess consciousness, then why not minds made of silicon, metal, and ...

Consciousness may arise in systems far different than the biology on Earth we are used to, according to new research.

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...