?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Disunity+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=O'Brien%2C+Gerard&rft.creator=Opie%2C+Jon&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=It+is+commonplace+for+both+philosophers+and+cognitive+scientists+to+express+their+allegiance+to+the%0A%22unity+of+consciousness%22.+This+is+the+claim+that+a+subject%C2%92s+phenomenal+consciousness%2C+at+any+one%0Amoment+in+time%2C+is+a+single+thing.+This+view+has+had+a+major+influence+on+computational+theories%0Aof+consciousness.+In+particular%2C+what+we+call+single-track+theories+dominate+the+literature%2C%0Atheories+which+contend+that+our+conscious+experience+is+the+result+of+a+single+consciousness-making%0Aprocess+or+mechanism+in+the+brain.+We+argue+that+the+orthodox+view+is+quite+wrong%3A%0Aphenomenal+experience+is+not+a+unity%2C+in+the+sense+of+being+a+single+thing+at+each+instant.+It+is+a%0Amultiplicity%2C+an+aggregate+of+phenomenal+elements%2C+each+of+which+is+the+product+of+a+distinct%0Aconsciousness-making+mechanism+in+the+brain.+Consequently%2C+cognitive+science+is+in+need+of+a%0Amulti-track+theory+of+consciousness%3B+a+computational+model+that+acknowledges+both+the%0Amanifold+nature+of+experience%2C+and+its+distributed+neural+basis.%0A&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1413%2F3%2FThe_Disunity_of_Consciousness.pdf&rft.identifier=++O'Brien%2C+Gerard+and+Opie%2C+Jon++(1998)+The+Disunity+of+Consciousness.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1413%2F