Dr. Jonas Raggatz has been deeply engaged with the topic of consciousness for many years. After earning his B.Sc. in Biology and M.Sc. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Cognition, he worked as a research associate in the field of transdisciplinary consciousness studies at Alanus University, where he also completed his doctoral dissertation with the present work. Since 2024, he has been a research associate at Witten/Herdecke University. His research focuses include epistemology, introspection, the mind-body problem, and thinking.