Kanchosnis a di stiet ar kualiti a awiernis, ar biin awiernis a extoernal abjek ar sinting widin wanself. Idifain az: sentiens, awiernis, sobjektiviti, di abiliti fi expiirians ar fi fiilin, wiekfulnis, fi ab a sens a selfud, ah di egzekiutiv kanchuol sistim a di main. No mata di difikolti ina definishan, nof filasafi biliiv se deh ab wah braadli shier andalayin intuishan bout wa a kanchosnis . Az Max Velmans ah Susan Schneider eh-rait ina The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness: ""Anything that we are aware of at a given moment forms part of our consciousness, making conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives.""Westan filasafi, sens di taim a Deikaat ah Lak, schroggl fi kamprien di niecha a kanchosnis ah pindong di isenshal prapati. Ishu a kansoern ina di filasafi a kanchosnis ingkluud weda di kansep fondamentali koerent; weda kanchosnis kiah eba hexplien mekanistikali; weda nan-yuuman kanchosnis egzis ah ef a so ou ikiah bi rekanaiz; ou kanchosnis riliet tu languij; weda kanchosnis kiah andastan ina wie we no rikuaya a dyuualistik distingshan bitwiin mental ah fizikal stiet ar prapati; ah weda imaita eba pasibl fi kompyuutin mashiin laka kompyuuta ar ruobot fi bi kanchos, a tapik stodi ina di fiil a aatifishal intelijens.