An interactive web quiz that explores your philosophical intuitions about consciousness and maps them onto major theories in philosophy of mind.
🔗 Live Demo: https://reddel.ai
Instead of reading through dense philosophical texts about consciousness, this quiz helps you discover which theories align with your existing intuitions. Through 20 thought-provoking questions, you'll see your belief distribution across 12 major theories of consciousness update in real-time.
- 20 Questions exploring everyday experiences and philosophical thought experiments
- Real-time Distribution - Watch your philosophical leanings evolve as you answer
- 12 Consciousness Theories covered:
- Physicalism
- Functionalism
- Dualism
- Biological Naturalism
- Panpsychism
- Idealism
- Enactivism
- Emergentism
- Eliminative Materialism
- Higher-Order Theories
- Identity Theory
- Other/Unknown
- Hover Explanations for philosophical terms
- Download Results as an image to share
- Privacy First - No data collection, everything runs locally in your browser
- Mobile Responsive design
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/max-reddel/max-reddel.github.io.git- Open
consciousness-quiz.htmlin your browser, or host it on any web server.
That's it! No build process or dependencies required.
- Pure HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- dom-to-image for screenshot functionality
- No frameworks, no tracking, no external dependencies
Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests! Some areas for potential improvement:
- Additional questions
- More nuanced scoring system
- Additional consciousness theories
- Improved explanations
- Localization
This quiz respects your privacy:
- No data is collected or transmitted
- No cookies are used
- No analytics or tracking
- Everything runs locally in your browser
- Results are only saved if you explicitly download them
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Created by Max Reddel
- Inspired by various philosophy of mind courses and discussions
- Thanks to everyone who tested early versions and provided feedback
- Special thanks to the philosophy community for keeping these fascinating debates alive
Remember: This is a fun exploration tool, not a rigorous philosophical assessment. Your results reflect how you answered these particular questions, not necessarily your complete philosophical worldview.