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Consciousness vs Metacognition - What's the difference?

consciousness | metacognition |

As nouns the difference between consciousness and metacognition

is that consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness while metacognition is (philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking; sentience.

consciousness

English

Noun

(wikipedia consciousness)
  • The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= 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 consciousness

    See also

    * being-for-itself

    metacognition

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking; sentience