What does consciousness mean? How artists, writers and scientists understood consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically.
Are animals conscious? Can we produce conscious machines?
Could we programme consciousness into a computer? Are there varying degrees of consciousness?
The link between experience, consciousness and language and how it gives us an evolutionary advantage.
The purpose of consciousness, and how it governs the imaginative use of our sensory apparatus.