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A Relay-Race Model of Conscious Interiority
A Cultural Invention, Consciousness Needs to Be Relearned with Each Generation
By Brian J. McVeigh
Read by Michael R. Jacobs (⁠⁠www.theungoogl...⁠⁠, ⁠⁠ / voiddenizen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .
The word “consciousness” usually evokes something neuroanatomical, intimately bound up with perceptual experiences, an evolutionary psychological feature from our very distant past that is inherent to the brain itself. Consciousness for many seems to be a general term for any type of sensory, conceptual, or thinking process. This leads to muddled theorizing.
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