Phenomenal consciousness, access to consciousness and the cognitive unconscious: the problem of correlativity
Philosophy of Science and Technology June 16, 2026 Aleksandr V. Katunin
This article analyzes the relationship and correlation between the cognitive unconscious, phenomenal consciousness, and access consciousness. N. Blok’s distinction between phenomenal consciousness (subjective experience, “what it’s like to be”) and access consciousness (information available for behavioral control and verbal reporting) is used as a theoretical framework. This approach is...