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Prominent thinkers contend that this demoting process began as early as the 16th century, with the realization that the Earth is not the center of the universe, escalating through the centuries to Darwin’s revelations about human beings' place in the animal kingdom. Each step, however, seems misguided when scrutinized through the lens of philosophical inquiry, which posits that human experience and consciousness cannot be adequately explained by reductive scientific explanations alone.