Supplement to Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness

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A table like diagram with arrows connect each item in the column to the item below it.

 

World-Directed Conscious Mental States

Introspection

Third Order

 

Unconscious HOT

Second Order

Unconscious HOT

Conscious HOT

First Order

World-Directed Conscious Mental States

World-Directed Conscious Mental States

 

[column caption] One’s conscious attention is directed at the outer world

[column caption] One’s conscious attention is directed at one’s own mental state.

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