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There are two concepts of consciousness, access consciousness and phenomenal consciousness. But just as the concepts of water and H2O are different concepts of the same thing, so the two concepts of consciousness might come to the same thing in the brain. Some recent papers by Crick and Koch raise issues that suggest that these two concepts of consciousness might have different (though overlapping) neural correlates, despite Crick and Koch's implicit rejection of this idea.
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Equation (10) holds true whenever a theory of consciousness is under investigation where access consciousness determines phenomenal consciousness.
“In terms of Block’s distinction between phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness (Block 1996), Equation (10) holds true whenever a theory of consciousness is under investigation where access consciousness determines phenomenal consciousness.”
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- Authors
- Block, N. J.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ned J. Block
- ORCID
- Ned J. Block
- Venue
- Trends in Neurosciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1996-11
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 456-459
- ISSN
- 0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2108735670
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 5.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Trends in Neurosciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Oxford
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- access consciousness, phenomenal consciousness, neural correlates of consciousness, brain and consciousness
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Consciousness, Neurons
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