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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a conscious being" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to any entity that possesses awareness, perception, or the ability to experience thoughts and feelings.
Example: "Philosophers often debate the nature of a conscious being and what it means to truly experience existence."
Alternatives: "an aware entity" or "a sentient being".
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After all, the fact that there are some conscious beings is not contrary to physicalism — why then should the possibility that everything is a conscious being be contrary to physicalism?
These physical workings certainly seem to be a good simulation of a conscious being.
In Woolf's case, that moment in her bed in the St Ives nursery was the moment she became a conscious being.
But that animal, having a functioning brain, would also seem to be a conscious being.
No matter how complex the inner workings of this machine, nothing about them reveals that what is being observed are the inner workings of a conscious being.
This phraseology suggests a naïve faith in the optimality of evolutionary processes, and some omniscience on the part of the author, in continuing to personify natural selection as if it were a conscious being.
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Being a Conscious Consumer is part of being a good citizen of the world.
What makes an experience conscious is a certain awareness one has of the experience while living through or performing it.
Being selectively conscious is an easy trap to fall into.
Talib Kweli: Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment.
A conscious effort was made to allow the lesson to be as student-directed as possible.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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