Continuing Commentary Ned Block (1995). On a confusion about a function of consciousness. BBS 18:227–287.
Phenomenal consciousness and what it's like
David M. Rosenthal a1 a1 Ph.D. Program in Philosophy and Concentration in Cognitive Science, City University of New York, Graduate School, New York, NY 10036-8099
drosenth@broadway.gc.cuny.edu
Abstract
Even if A-consciousness and P-consciousness were conceptually
distinct, it is no fallacy for researchers relying on a suitable
theory to infer one from the other. But P-consciousness conceptually
implies A-consciousness – unless one or the other is mere ersatz
consciousness. And we can best explain mental states' being conscious,
in any intuitively natural sense, by appeal to higher-order
thoughts.
