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Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind. Despite the difficulty in definition, many philosophers believe that there is a broadly shared underlying intuition about what consciousness is. As Max Velmans and Susan Schneider wrote in The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness: "Anything that we are aware of at a given moment forms part of our consciousness, making conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives."
Philosophers since the time of Descartes and Locke have struggled to comprehend the nature of consciousness and pin down its essential properties. Issues of concern in the philosophy of consciousness include whether the concept is fundamentally valid; whether consciousness can ever be explained mechanistically; whether non-human consciousness exists and if so how it can be recognized; how consciousness relates to language; and whether it may ever be possible for computers or robots to be conscious. Perhaps the thorniest issue is whether consciousness can be understood in a way that does not require a dualistic distinction between mental and physical states or properties.
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Actors: Andreas Konzack (actor), Thomas Landl (actor), Adrian Goiginger (writer), Adrian Goiginger (director), Swen Mai (actor), Dominik Wallner (composer), Martin Pfeil (editor), Peter Wildling (producer),
Plot: For many years Tom has been addicted to drugs, and even though he managed to get clean a few years ago, he started doing heroin again. Now he is in a dark room, confronted with a mysterious person who hurts him physically and mentally, because Tom was not the only one who suffered under his addiction.
Keywords: consciousness, drugs, heroin, lsd, violenceActors: Stephen Hill (actor), Alfred E. Rutherford (actor), Jerome Preston Bates (actor), Virginie Danglades (editor), George J. Fontenette (composer), Derrick Anthony (producer), Derrick Anthony (writer), Derrick Anthony (director), Lynn Hill (actress), Lynn Hill (actress), Krystal Farris (actress), Amelia Winfree (producer), Sherette Gregg (actress), Tahlia Michelle (actress), Erik Franklin-Cash (actor),
Plot: What does it mean to be a father? Conscious Pane, an African-American man in his early 30's, gets a call from his long-absent father, Popous, asking for a family reunion to get some things out. He also tells Conscious about a brother Conscious has whom he's never met; he asks Conscious to call the man. Reluctantly, Conscious does, and he meets Twinge at a café. They talk, uneasily at first. Later comes the reunion with Popous: the sons' confront their father. Can he say anything that will strengthen family bonds?
Keywords: african-american, brother-brother-relationship, cafe, confrontation, conversation, family-love, family-reunion, father-son-relationship, meeting, misogynistNow, that I'm here
breaking my relationship with time and space
watching my life through the milky glasses of a window
now it all becomes so clear
If I had the opportunity to smell
the enchanted wind of a spring flower
I would take a deep breathe
to relax
If I had the chance to get the tingling emotion
of warm white sea sand
slipping through my fingers
I would hold on to the feeling
If I could see the pure and carefree smile of a child
as the original nature of honesty
it would be so refreshing
being able to respond
If I could hear the greatest sound
the silence of forest in the early morning
just interrupted and up valued by the lonely call of a bird
I would answer
If I could have my body back
to be reloaded by a sip of crystal clear water
water which is not polluted by chemical industry
I could taste the freshness of the unspoiled nature
Now, that I'm here
breaking my relationship with time and space
watching my life through the clear glasses of a window
I get aware of the small things which are least the greatest
I left my life
my physical form of life behind
I realize my blunted and senseless way of life