Open AccessThe Consciousness Unit (CU) Model
Author(s) -
Sam S. Rakover
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
communications of the blyth institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2640-5652
pISSN - 2640-5644
DOI - 10.33014/issn.2640-5652.1.2.rakover.1
Subject(s) - consciousness , unconscious mind , cognitive science , cognition , unit (ring theory) , complex system , mechanism (biology) , order (exchange) , computer science , psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis , philosophy , neuroscience , mathematics education , finance , economics
The present paper attempts to handle the question how an unconscious mental state (MS) is transformed into a conscious-MS, by developing an outline of a new model, the conscious unit (CU) model. The essential assumption of this model is as follows. In the cognitive system there is an inborn, special linking-mechanism that links to a MS a CU, i.e., a unit of consciousness (or a stream of such units when the represented by the MS is complex). As a result, the individual becomes aware (conscious) of the represented by the MS. This model was applied successfully to certain empirical observations and to several problems, which were directed toward the higher-order (HO) theories of consciousness [especially the higher-order thought (HOT) theory].