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When does one acquire consciousness

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SalixIncendium said:
That would depend on how you are defining "consciousness" and "one."

If you mean the capacity to have thoughts, emotions, feelings, personal identity, the perception of self and others, i.e. sentience, or what I view as the ego-self, then "one" would develop "consciousness" at between 24 to 28 weeks of gestation.

However, if you mean pure awareness, in my understanding, this "consciousness" is eternal. "One" experiences a life as a fetus/baby/child/adult.
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Aware and one as itself.
 
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Heyo said:
What is consciousness?
Passing the mirror test? At about 20 to 24 months after birth.
Most animals don't pass the test. Exceptions are apes, cetaceans, some birds and some cats and dogs and , interestingly, ants.
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Simply awareness. Something doesn't have to recognize itself to be aware
 
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MikeF said:
Really? And you know this how? Can you say with certainty that no change has occurred during the birthing process? We have biological processes that can change our mental state from awake and alert and and aware of our external environment, to the state of sleep. How do you know there is not a comatose state that is induced in utero? The brain of an adult can be in a comatose state as a result of injury. I do not see why something similar might be maintained in the womb.

I'm not saying this is the case by the way, I'm saying that we do not know.
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C-section isn't a birthing process.
 
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9-10ths_Penguin said:
Do you consider a sleep that isn't a deep sleep to be:

  • Conscious, or
  • Unconscious
Personally, I consider someone in any stage of sleep to be unconscious. Do you agree?
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Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping In A New Place

"When you sleep in unfamiliar surroundings, only half your brain is getting a good night's rest.

"The left side seems to be more awake than the right side," says Yuka Sasaki, an associate professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences at Brown University."

Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping In A New Place
 
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9-10ths_Penguin said:
Out of curiosity: have neither of you ever seen someone move while they were unconscious? Neither of you ever get kicked by your spouse while they're sleeping, for instance?
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Michael definitely could not have been unconscious, in my view, if that's what you're asking. How would an nonconscious fetus know that there was a dent on his mother's stomach?
 
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