Consciousness has philosophical types {consciousness, types}, such as core consciousness [Damasio, 1999] or primary consciousness [Edelman and Tononi, 2000].
Perhaps, animals have consciousness {creature consciousness}. Perhaps, only mental states are conscious.
Feature consciousness {microconsciousness} can be independent of other-feature consciousness [Zeki, 1998] [Zeki and Bartels, 1999].
Mental representations for rational thought and action, such as remembering or understanding, are a consciousness type {access consciousness} (a-consciousness). Access consciousness is under conscious control and includes self-consciousness, creativity, discrimination, generalization, and behavior flexibility [Block, 1995] [Block, 1996] [Block et al., 1997].
Sense qualities and experiences are a consciousness type {phenomenal consciousness} (p-consciousness). Phenomenal consciousness is not under conscious control [Block, 1995] [Block, 1996] [Block et al., 1997].
Self {autonoetic consciousness} depends on memory [Tulving and Donaldson, 1972] [Tulving, 1983].
Perceptions {noetic consciousness} do not depend on memory [Tulving and Donaldson, 1972] [Tulving, 1983].
People can know facts about perceptions {fact-consciousness} [Dretske, 1988] [Dretske, 1995].
People can perceive without knowing {thing-consciousness} [Dretske, 1988] [Dretske, 1995].
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