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consciousness

[kon-shuhs-nis] / ˈkɒn ʃəs nɪs /


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For example, in April 2024 a group of 40 scientists at a conference in New York proposed the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Seen as a martyr in the struggle against white-minority rule, the Black Consciousness Movement founder died from a brain injury aged 30 almost a month after being arrested at a roadblock.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Luke Roelofs, a philosopher of mind at NYU's Centre for Mind, Brain and Consciousness, also argued that the ideas in Zeleznikow-Johnston’s book are too cavalier in defining consciousness.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

He called the movement the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON.

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

In the nurseries, the Elementary Class Consciousness lesson was over, the voices were adapting future demand to future industrial supply.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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