Comparing consciousness to a plasma ball can help us better understand key aspects of subjective conscious experience.

James’s function in philosophy was to make its discoveries available for the purposes of life, which is an exact parallel to the romanticists’ consciousness of the individual and social ...

William James In the pragmatic movement Charles Peirce ... Indeed, he lauds the discovery of phenomena outside the "primary consciousness" as "the most important step forward that has occurred ...

Consciousness has long been described through various metaphors. William James famously compared it to a stream. Others have likened it to a theater, while still others have claimed it is like a ...