⁷The well-known distinction between“access” and “phenomenal” consciousness (Block, 1995; Kouider et al., 2010) is related to this point. In this book, when I talk about consciousness, I mean phenomenal consciousness, i.e. the experiential kind of consciousness, unless otherwise mentioned (or in quotation marks). Access consciousness is, in my view, an operational definition of consciousness, used in experimental neuroscience: If you ask a person whether she is conscious about X, and they reply yes, then the person is conscious of X in the sense of having access to the experience or perception of X. I find this definition of access consciousness not very relevant for the present discussion.