What can unconscious perception tell us about consciousness?

Snodgrass, Michael (2006) What can unconscious perception tell us about consciousness? In: 10th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 23-26 June 2006, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Longstanding methodological disputes in unconscious perception research can be resolved by realizing they apply to TWO kinds of consciousness--first-order (phenomenal) and second-order (reflective). In turn, this implies two kinds of unconscious phenomena--completely unconscious (both phenomenally and reflectively) and reflectively but not phenomenally unconscious. This is because all reflectively conscious contents are also phenomenally conscious, but not the reverse. This framework clarifies many longstanding disputes and issues in consciousness research.

Comments/Discussion

Reviewing the longstanding issues in unconscious perception research has the potential to clarify foundational questions regarding consciousness.

Item Type:	ASSC Conference Item (Talk)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	consciousness, unconscious, subliminal, access
Disciplines:	Psychology
Topics:	Theory of Consciousness
Article Type:	Theoretical
ID Code:	316
Deposited By:	Dr. Michael Snodgrass
Deposited On:	31 July 2007

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