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Missing: Empirical theories of phenomenal consciousness.

J Kevin O'Regan

Cognitive Neuroscience 2021 DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2020.1838472 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Keywords Sensorimotor theory Access consciousness Phenomenal consciousness
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Key points Argues that Doerig et al. neglect how theories approach phenomenal consciousness, and that the sensorimotor theory, which does address it, was not evaluated as such.

Abstract

Doerig et al. evaluate how current empirical theories approach access consciousness, but they neglect how they approach phenomenal consciousness - probably because most theories don't deal with phenomenal consciousness at all. One exception is the sensorimotor theory, but Doerig et al. did not evaluate it as being directed to phenomenal consciousness.