On the Computational Necessity of Consciousness
This paper argues that phenomenal consciousness is not an optional add-on to cognition, but a necessary condition for certain recursive mental processes involving perception-like intermediate states.
This paper argues that phenomenal consciousness is not an optional add-on to cognition, but a necessary condition for certain recursive mental processes involving perception-like intermediate states.
This paper argues that a unified science of mind is possible only if conscious determinacy can be reconstructed both from the first-person perspective and from third-person cognitive explanation.