[Guille]

It is quite dificult to tell where we must place consciousness. For our search, it is a fundamental phenomena. But for the world I think it should not be considered fundamental. Anyway, if we want to look at it's nature, we must say: does it depend on others, or do others depend on it? For most phenomena there are both affection and causation, then we must tell which of the two is more fundamental about the nature of consciousness (for ex, is it more fundamental to the nature of consciousness that something must be alive to have it (cause), or that by having it we have self-awareness (effect)? To answer that question we must be very precise in our analysis). I'm very much wondering about the possibility of 'other'. What came to your mind to put that third option? Is there any phenomena that already has been considered as other than fundamental or emergent? If so, what phenomena and what has it been described as?