Wikiphilosophers/Consciousness

Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of internal and external existence. But what exactly is consciousness? Where is it located? And how did it emerge? Will we lose our consciousness after death?

Read users' philosophical views below.

• S. Perquin argues that consciousness is a universal and eternal phenomenon, not reducible to matter or energy, implying that it exists everywhere in the universe and persists beyond physical death. Read more...