Authors : Jay Altizer

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 10 - October

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26Oct594

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Abstract : This paper explores the possibility that consciousness may be a fundamental property of matter rather than a phenomenon that emerges exclusively from complex biological brains. The physical universe contains matter that forms molecules, living organisms, and human brains. Brain activity is closely associated with conscious experience, but questions remain about how physical processes give rise to subjective experience. This paper asks whether consciousness could be more fundamental to physical reality than currently established explanations suggest. It does not claim to prove that matter possesses consciousness or that current science has overlooked a discovery. Instead, it proposes a question for further philosophical analysis and scientific investigation.

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