What this chapter will buildDistinguish wakefulness, experience, access and self-awareness, and select a question each can answer.
Start here — no earlier chapter is needed.
Meanings of consciousnessPlanned
Compare being awake, experiencing something and using information in a task.
The structure of an experiencePlanned
Describe sensory quality, location, duration, emotion and perspective in a familiar moment.
Experience and interpretationPlanned
Separate what was noticed from the explanation later assigned to it.
Questions about mechanismsPlanned
Identify which part of an experience a proposed mechanism attempts to explain.
An initial question notebookPlanned
Record a clear question, its terms and observations that could refine it.