Understanding the biological basis of consciousness or subjective experience is one of the most exciting and challenging projects of this century. For many reasons, an evolutionary approach to this ...

Paul Braterman is affiliated with the British Centre for Science Education, and is science advisor to the Scottish Secular Society. The 2001 discovery of the seven million-year-old Sahelanthropus, the ...

Paul Braterman is on the board of the British Centre for Science Education, and is science adviser to the Scottish Secular Society. Discussions about the nature of science and scientific theories are ...

Key points A type of information processing called unlimited associative learning (UAL) may be necessary and sufficient for very basic sentience. UAL is a form of domain-general, open-ended learning ...