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Multiple drafts model

Daniel Dennett's multiple drafts model (MDM) of consciousness is a physicalist theory of consciousness based upon cognitivism, which views the mind in terms of information processing. The theory is described in depth in his 1991 book Consciousness Explained. As the title suggests, the book proposes a high-level explanation of consciousness which is…

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'recruitment of consciousnessinstance ofhere does not exist ... a process0.80text
lateral inhibitioninstance ofThe basic idea is that because of well-known processes0.80text
the internal states created by the two stimuli are identicalinstance ofThe basic idea is that because of well-known processes0.80text
hence are so reportedinstance ofThe basic idea is that because of well-known processes0.80text
Searleinstance ofsaying that philosophers0.80text
Multiple drafts modelrelated to Critical responsesPsychobiologist John Staddon0.60section
Multiple drafts modelrelated to Critical responsesDennett0.60section
Multiple drafts modelrelated to Critical responsesKinsbourne's0.60section
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Multiple drafts modelrelated to Critical responsesBogen0.60section
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Multiple drafts modelrelated to Critical responsesCartesian0.60section

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