🦠 Consciousness – Does It Really Require a Brain🧠? The notion that consciousness arises exclusively in the human brain is increasingly being questioned in modern philosophy of mind and neuroscience. Based on the theory of neuroscientist Giulio Tononi, a fascinating perspective emerges: 👉 Consciousness could arise wherever certain forms of integrated information processing exist. This would mean: Not only complex living beings with brains possess consciousness—but possibly even single-celled organisms in a fundamental form. The brain would therefore not be the “source” of consciousness, but rather a highly developed biological structure for organizing and intensifying conscious processes. In the Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. Godehard Brüntrup SJ, these very questions will be discussed: 🔹 Does consciousness require a new metaphysics? 🔹 Can panpsychism fill a gap in our understanding? 🔹 What role do process philosophy and liberal naturalism play? 🔹 And what do near-death experiences mean for our understanding of mind and reality? Perhaps consciousness is not a phenomenon unique to humans—but a fundamental principle of nature itself. 📎 Information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/09/27/metaphysik-des-bewusstseins/ 🎥 Interview: https://youtu.be/hoqiI_TElv4
