The recent transplantation of specific genes into experimental animals has enabled the animals to have consciousness of qualities they previously lacked. The genes code for proteins are referred to as “consciousness molecules” and “qualitative proteins.” These are regarded as having the ontologies of qualities. Thus, the qualities are considered to be physical entities, as well as the central elements of consciousness, which are integrated into the cognitive structures of the brain. The constitution of consciousness by a physical entity is elucidated.
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