The brain has three processing stages associated with consciousness. Here, we focus on Stage 2, "the conscious field."
Ambiguity does not exist in the conscious field, at least not at one moment in time.In some ways, the conscious field resembles a loudspeaker.
Another property of the conscious field is that, in most cases, one cannot, at will, modify or turn off the nature of the conscious contents. The conscious contents are protected, or “encapsulated,” such that they cannot be changed by one’s desires or higher-order knowledge. For example, knowledge of the McGurk does not turn off or modify the illusion. In addition, one cannot, at will, turn off conscious contents such as pain, nausea, or urges.
How might the physical state we know as the conscious field present multiple conscious contents at one moment in time?
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