The convention that the concept of consciousness is so ill-defined that it lies beyond the reach of serious study seems to be losing ground. But definition is still some way off.
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Gray, J. Consciousness on the scientific agenda. Nature 358, 277 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/358277a0
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