Jeff Ricker asked: "Has anyone ever seen a discussion of this distinction
between the everyday and psychological meanings of the term "unconscious"? "
Julian Jaynes' "Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral
Mind" has a favbulous discussion of consciousness in one of the early
chapters. It's especially useful for making a distinction that I favor:
i.e., that it's a mistake to think of consciousness as a "state." You're
much better off thinking of it as a process. In other words, it's
"something we do" (like addition) rather than a "state you enter" (like
sleep).
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