?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=THE+CO-EVOLUTION+OF+MATTER+AND+CONSCIOUSNESS+&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+Prof+Max&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=Theories+about+the+evolution+of+consciousness+relate+in+an+intimate+way+to+theories+about+the+distribution+of+consciousness%2C+which+range+from+the+view+that+only+human+beings+are+conscious+to+the+view+that+all+matter+is+in+some+sense+conscious.+Broadly+speaking%2C+such+theories+can+be+classified+into+discontinuity+theories+and+continuity+theories.+Discontinuity+theories+propose+that+consciousness+emerged+only+when+material+forms+reached+a+given+stage+of+evolution%2C+but+propose+different+criteria+for+the+stage+at+which+this+occurred.+Continuity+theories+argue+that+in+some+primal+form%2C+consciousness+always+accompanies+matter+and+as+matter+evolved+in+form+and+complexity+consciousness+co-evolved%2C+for+example+into+the+forms+that+we+now+recognise+in+human+beings.+Given+our+limited+knowledge+of+the+necessary+and+sufficient+conditions+for+the+presence+of+human+consciousness+in+human+brains%2C+all+options+remain+open.+On+balance+however+continuity+theory+appears+to+be+more+elegant+than+discontinuity+theory.&rft.publisher=Filozofski+fakultet%2C+Zagreb&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6104%2F1%2FEvolution_of_consciousness_web.pdf&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+Prof+Max++(2007)+THE+CO-EVOLUTION+OF+MATTER+AND+CONSCIOUSNESS.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6104%2F