In:Consciousness: New perspectives, artificial consciousness, and the scientific progress of psychology
Sam S. Rakover
[Advances in Consciousness Research 96] 2026
► pp. 110–129
Chapter 7A theoretical outline for explanatory consciousness (TOEC)
How unconscious mental states become conscious and vice versa
This content is being prepared for publication; it may be subject to changes.
Article outline
- 7.1Part I: A theoretical outline of explanatory consciousness (TOEC): Unconscious processes precede conscious ones
- 7.1.1Unconscious CΨ and CΨ
- 7.1.2Consciousness and explanation
- 7.2Part II: A theoretical outline of explanatory consciousness (TOEC): Induced-consciousness theory (ICT)
- 7.2.1Conceptualizations
- 7.2.2Evaluation
- 7.3Introducing ICT and its application
- 7.4A brief outline of the Observation–Manipulation (OM) subsystem
- 7.5Evaluations of ICT
- 7.5.1Question (1): Does ICT explain how CΨ arises from neurophysiological processes in the brain?
- 7.5.2Question (2): Does the present theory explain how an unconscious MS becomes a conscious one?
- 7.6Comparisons between HOT and ICT
- 7.6.1Logical problems
- 7.6.2The ICT approach to logical problems
- 7.6.3HOT is not a necessary condition for CΨ
- 7.6.4The ICT approach to HOT is not a necessary condition
- 7.6.5HOT is not a sufficient condition for CΨ
- 7.6.6The ICT approach to HOT is not a sufficient condition
- 7.7Several comments on the conception of CΨ as an energy field
Notes
