Panpsychist philosopher Philip Goff, PhD on mysticism and the future of faith.

How can the brain — a piece of matter — love? Physics and chemistry explain the material world, but they can’t explain why it feels like something to be alive. This is the mystery of consciousness, according to these experts.

Everything you experience is filtered through your brain, and everyone’s brain is different. Neuroscientist Christof Koch explains how understanding this can deepen your connection to the world around you.

A conversation with Annaka Harris on shared perception, experimental science, and why our intuition about consciousness is wrong.

A universal signature could make surgeries safer — and help reveal what holds consciousness together.

These expert-recommended books try to answer the questions of consciousness, from its fundamental nature to its role in human experience and the natural world.

A conversation about intelligence and consciousness with philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith.

Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.

"For many people, the idea that consciousness is a set of tricks is offensive," the late philosopher told Big Think in 2012. "I think that's a prime mistake."

Introducing Big Think's Consciousness Issue.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

"The sense that we are a solid entity, an unchanging entity that exists someplace in our body and takes ownership of our body, and even ownership of our brain rather than being identical to our brain, that is where the illusion lies."