Journal of Consciousness Studies

The journal was established in part to provide visibility across disciplines to various researchers approaching the problem of consciousness from their respective fields. The articles are usually in non-specialized language (in contrast to a typical academic journal) in order to make them accessible to those in other disciplines. This also serves to help make them accessible to laypersons.

In contrast to many other journals, it attempts to incorporate fields beyond the realm of the natural sciences and the social sciences such as the humanities, philosophy, critical theory, and comparative religion.

Some examples of articles published in the journal:

• "The Astonishing Hypothesis" (1994) - Francis Crick & J. Clark
• "Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness" (1995) - David Chalmers
• "Facing Backwards on the Problem of Consciousness" (1996) - Daniel Dennett
• "In the Theatre of Consciousness" (1997) - Bernard Baars
• "The 'Shared Manifold' Hypothesis: From Mirror Neurons to Empathy" (2001) - Vittorio Gallese

From time to time, the journal publishes collections of thematically or topically related academic papers. These often take the form of a double issue.

The journal reports on conferences, notably the Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) conference, which is organized by the Center for Consciousness Studies based at the University of Arizona in Tucson. See, for example, TSC 2012.[1]

Papers from the first Online Consciousness Conference were published in a special issue of JCS in April 2010.[2]

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