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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 09 March 2016 01:40:25PM *  0 points [-]

In general there is a study of consciousness, but there is not a study of some specific aspects, theories and definitions.

This is "consciousness" in the vernacular (and philosophical) sense, closely related to sentience: the possession of a subjective experience.

Subjective experience can be studied up to a point, eg synaesthesia. The studies tend to assume that subjects have experiences an are report them accurately....n other words, the assume the non zombie hood of the subjects. Zombiehood isn't testable, but is a specific theory of consciousness, not "consciousness".

Comment author: DanArmak 09 March 2016 03:06:51PM 0 points [-]

In general there is a study of consciousness, but there is not a study of some specific aspects, theories and definitions.

In other words: there is study of some definitions (or referents) of "consciousness", and not of others, and the one that was used originally in this thread isn't studied.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'in general' here, but I think that might be semantics and not any concrete difference of opinion between us.