What does consciousness  mean? How artists, writers and scientists understood consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Cognitive Psychology - Audio

What is consciousness?

Cognitive Psychology

The difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically.

Consciousness: the central psychological question

Are animals conscious? Can we produce conscious machines?

The evolution of consciousness

Could we programme consciousness into a computer?  Are there varying degrees of consciousness?

Consciousness: a first person experience

The link between experience, consciousness and language and how it gives us an evolutionary advantage.

Consciousness and experience

The purpose of consciousness, and how it governs the imaginative use of our sensory apparatus.