Conscious experience

The big question used to be How can physical matter give rise to life?

Now it is, How can physical matter give rise to consciousness?

From that other questions, such as are animanls conscious? or can machines be conscious?, all begin to tumble out.

This cross-section of philosophical works consider questions related to consciousness.

One section considers what it might feel like to have one's brain cells replaced, one by one, by computer "chips", and another looks at the development of conscious robots.

There is also a bibliography on consciousness in philosophy, cognitive science and brain research since 1975, consisting of over 1000 entries.