The emergence of consciousness: BUC versus SOC
Behavioral and Brain Sciences June 1, 2002 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x02490061 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that SOC's focus on a narrow "cognitive unconscious" fails to address the general roles of conscious and unconscious processes, which are two distinct interacting types with conscious emerging from unconscious. |
Abstract
This commentary suggests that there are two distinct types of interacting cognitive processes. Conscious processes emerge from unconscious processes. The key problem of SOC is that it uses an overly narrow notion of the “cognitive unconscious” to show that the “cognitive unconscious” is not necessary. Yet, it has little to say about the roles of conscious and unconscious processes in general.