Consciousness vs Knowing - What's the difference?
consciousness | knowing |
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
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, title= Possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.
* South
Shrewd or showing clever awareness.
Suggestive of private knowledge.
Deliberate
The act or condition of having knowledge.
* 2009 , Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
As nouns the difference between consciousness and knowing
is that consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness while knowing is the act or condition of having knowledge.As an adjective knowing is
possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.As a verb knowing is
present participle of lang=en.consciousness
English
Noun
(wikipedia consciousness)The machine of a new soul, passage=Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness .}}
Derived terms
* cyberconsciousness * hyperconsciousness * teleconsciousness * raise someone's consciousnessSee also
* being-for-itselfknowing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
- a knowing rascal
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* knowinglyNoun
(en noun)- Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings .