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A Brief Argument For Consciousness Without Access.

Abstract: This paper proposes a new argument in favour of the claim that phenomenal consciousness overflows – that is, has a far higher capacity than – cognitive access. It shows that opponents of overflow implicate a necessary role for visual imagery in the change detection paradigm. However, empir...

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Published in:Ratio Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 119 - 137
Main Author: D'Aloisio‐Montilla, Nicholas
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2018
Subjects:
Cognitive ability
Consciousness
Visual perception
Visual memory
Phenomenology
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Abstract: This paper proposes a new argument in favour of the claim that phenomenal consciousness overflows – that is, has a far higher capacity than – cognitive access. It shows that opponents of overflow implicate a necessary role for visual imagery in the change detection paradigm. However, empirical evidence suggests that there is no correlation between visual imagery abilities and performance in this paradigm. Since the use of imagery is not implicated in the performance strategy of subjects, we find a new argument for consciousness without access.