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"New research into the minds of crows has revealed a jaw-dropping finding: the canny corvids aren't just clever - they also possess a form of consciousness, able to be consciously aware of the world around them in the present. In other words, they have subjective experiences
This is called primary, or sensory, consciousness, and it had only previously been demonstrated in primates - which means we now may have to rethink our understanding of how consciousness arises, in addition to reconsidering the avian brain."
Crows Are Capable of Conscious Thought, Scientists Demonstrate For The First Time
If accurate, this could be used as support for functionalism. In philosophy of mind, functionalism, as a theory, holds that mental states are essentially functions. That being the case, entities with different cognitive mechanisms can produce similar mental states so long as they have the same function.
For example, humans and nephilim might have different cognitive equipment, and yet both experience the same red when appeared to redly.
In this case, not only does it appear that crows are subjectively aware (conscious), which was previously only demonstrated in primates, but their brains are significantly different than primates. Different mechanisms, same function. And, most importantly, similar experience (presumably).
Functionalism (philosophy of mind) - Wikipedia
This is called primary, or sensory, consciousness, and it had only previously been demonstrated in primates - which means we now may have to rethink our understanding of how consciousness arises, in addition to reconsidering the avian brain."
Crows Are Capable of Conscious Thought, Scientists Demonstrate For The First Time
If accurate, this could be used as support for functionalism. In philosophy of mind, functionalism, as a theory, holds that mental states are essentially functions. That being the case, entities with different cognitive mechanisms can produce similar mental states so long as they have the same function.
For example, humans and nephilim might have different cognitive equipment, and yet both experience the same red when appeared to redly.
In this case, not only does it appear that crows are subjectively aware (conscious), which was previously only demonstrated in primates, but their brains are significantly different than primates. Different mechanisms, same function. And, most importantly, similar experience (presumably).
Functionalism (philosophy of mind) - Wikipedia