Newguest  +  955382 Wed, 28 Oct 09 02:55 PM Hi   Do you think there is any difference between "consciousness" and "awareness"? For example, somebody wrote: "left-brain consciousness" and "right-brain awareness" and also "left-brain awareness" Newguest Joined on Sun, Feb 25 2007 Senior Member 2,105 Difference Between

	CalifJim  +  955911 Thu, 29 Oct 09 03:06 AM Newguest “Do you think there is any difference between "consciousness" and "awareness"?” Yes, I do.  But my opinion is irrelevant!  These words are so slippery that you need to understand them in context.  Whatever the writer understands as the difference (or lack of difference) is the understanding you have to come to in order to interpret that writer's use of those words.  Each writer will have a different take on those words.  Usually, the more technical the article, the more distinctions the author will make clear; the less technical the article, the less important it is to think of the two as different. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,475 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Difference Between, Articles, Context

	cyndrella  +  956101 Thu, 29 Oct 09 09:58 AM yes dear,                 consciousness is differed from awareness, let me explain u, consciousness mean being in the stage of active whether the body or brain  and awareness means , aware about a thing. f               cyndrella Joined on Thu, Oct 29 2009 india New Member 03 swathi

	MrPernickety  +  956161 Thu, 29 Oct 09 12:01 PM From a grammatical standpoint, they may form different collocations. For example, you can lose consciousness at the hospital and they will be resusitating you. I don't think anyone uses "lose awareness" the same way as "lose consciousness", although I can't speak for native speakers.   The old adage is "there's not a pair of words that would be 100% equal". There are slight differences in usage. MrPernickety Joined on Sat, Oct 25 2008 Regular Member 751 Amendment XXX to the US Constitution: No man shall be held accountable for any promise he makes while drunk unless it was a bet. Usages

	Avangi  +  957846 Sat, 31 Oct 09 06:43 AM I agree we don't say that an unconscious person has "lost awareness" in the way we would say he has "lost consciousness." But if you pricked a person whom you knew to be unconscious, with a pin, and he responded in some physical way; you might speculate that "he seems to be aware of the pin," the physiology of it notwithstanding. I'm just referring to the lay usage of the two terms. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,211 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier