Explicitness and nonconnectionist vehicle theories of consciousness
Behavioral and Brain Sciences April 1, 2004 Fernando Martínez-Manrique
Abstract O'Brien & Opie's connectionist vehicle theory of consciousness is heavily dependent on their notion of explicitness as (1) structural and (2) necessary and sufficient for consciousness. These assumptions unnecessarily constrain their position: the authors are forced to find an intrinsic property of patterns that accounts for the distinction between conscious and unconscious states....