An example of access-consciousness without phenomenal consciousness?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences March 1, 1997 Joseph E. Bogen
Block's distinction between phenomenal consciousness (P) and access consciousness (A) is examined. While examples of P without A are readily recognized, the reverse—A without P—is harder to illustrate. Block proposed a hypothetical zombie, computationally identical to a human but lacking subjectivity, as an example of A without P. This description may apply to the disconnected right hemisphere of a split-brain subject, though an alternative interpretation posits two parallel mechanisms for P.