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The question is not “are they conscious?” but “what could they be conscious of?”

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Authors/contributors
Title
The question is not “are they conscious?” but “what could they be conscious of?”
Abstract
We argue that by focusing on an unanswerable ontological question, both computational functionalism and biological naturalism miss the empirical question of scientific and practical interest: what are systems of some kind capable of experiencing?
Publication
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Date
2026/01
Volume
49
Pages
e334
DOI
10.1017/S0140525X25103464
URL
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/question-is-not-are-they-conscious-but-what-could-they-be-conscious-of/D536C6CBA3BE758FB0F0C91CA4EBBD4F
Accessed
9/28/26, 7:04 AM
ISSN
0140-525X, 1469-1825
Short Title
The question is not “are they conscious?
Language
en
Library Catalog
Cambridge University Press
Citation
Fields, C., & Glazebrook, J. (2026). The question is not “are they conscious?” but “what could they be conscious of?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49, e334. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25103464
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