I think we can safely exclude some of these. For instance, there are living humans with conditions like congenital insensitivity to pain or pain asymbolia, which interfere with the typical experience of pain. If we consider people with these conditions to be “conscious”, then we can rule out the experience of pain as a requirement for consciousness.
I think we can safely exclude some of these. For instance, there are living humans with conditions like congenital insensitivity to pain or pain asymbolia, which interfere with the typical experience of pain. If we consider people with these conditions to be “conscious”, then we can rule out the experience of pain as a requirement for consciousness.