The component of waking awareness, both inside and outside oneself, perceptible by a person at any given instant Includes awareness of right and wrong, of psychopathological attitudes and of goodness, truth and beauty
You use consciousness to refer to an interest in and knowledge of a particular subject or idea. Her political consciousness sprang from her upbringing when her father's illness left the family short of money. = awareness
n 1 The state or condition of being conscious 2 A sense of identity, esp the complex of attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or a group **
awareness, especially of something within oneself the state of being characterized by sensation, emotion, volition & thought: MIND the upper level of mental life as contrasted with unconscious processes
The consciousness of a group of people is their set of ideas, attitudes, and beliefs. The Greens were the catalysts of a necessary change in the European consciousness. = mentality
the complex phenomenon of actively processing perceptions, thoughts, feelings, wishes, and memories to create a mental reality for adapting to the world
The continuous stream of perceptions, thoughts, feelings, or sensations of which we are aware from moment to moment-our awareness of various cognitive processes, such as sleeping, dreaming, concentrating, and making decisions
Difficult to define The attributes usually ascribed to consciousness usually include self-awareness, a sense of past and future, free will and most outward signs of intelligent behavior
The substance and intelligence that envelops, surrounds and penetrates everything in creation to gradually make it aware of itself However, to do that, it needs spirit and soul as the vehicle to contain, unfold and manifest its inherent qualities There are different levels of consciousness, each with a corresponding attuned "instrument" to express its own level Hence consciousness is the medium used by the impersonal will and unconditional Love of Pure Being, or of the Unknown God
a philosophical explanation of what consciousness is or how it might be explained eludes us If we stick to what it is like to be a conscious human being, we have no explanation; if we try to explain consciousness in terms of what goes on in our brains, the sheer feel of consciousness itself is left aside
Consciousness is the state of being awake rather than being asleep or unconscious. If someone loses consciousness, they become unconscious, and if they regain consciousness, they become conscious after being unconscious. She banged her head and lost consciousness He drifted in and out of consciousness. see also stream of consciousness. Quality or state of being aware. As applied to the lower animals, consciousness refers to the capacity for sensation and, usually, simple volition. In higher animals, this capacity may also include thinking and emotion. In human beings, consciousness is understood to include "meta-awareness," an awareness that one is aware. The term also refers broadly to the upper level of mental life of which the person is aware, as contrasted with unconscious processes. Levels of consciousness (e.g., attention vs. sleep) are correlated with patterns of electrical activity in the brain (brain waves). See also philosophy of mind
having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
The ability to talk about, articulate, describe, other otherwise overtly manipulate information Normally we steer this word in a little narrower direction, as if it meant the ability to talk about and manipulate information known to the person talking about it or manipulating it; the information that can be talked about includes the talk about information, so that you can talk about a discussion of a discussion of a discussion of a discussion, etc Some self-referential power seems to be needed for consciousness
Some define consciousness as the totality of experience at any given instant, as opposed to 'mind', which is the sum of all past moments of consciousness