Illustrations from "Consciousness: An Introduction" by Susan Blackmore (Hodder, 2003)

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The Chasm An impassable chasm that exists between the subjective and objective world
Chalmer's Zombie Twin Which one is the zombie?
What is IT?
Searchlight in the Attic Attention keeps jumping from one object to the next
Ghost in the Machine Cartesian dualism that suggests our subjective is an immutable spirit living in a purely mechanical body
Beer Qualia What is the experience of drinking beer and how can it be reduced or compared between individuals?
Mary Thought Experiment What would Mary experience if she grew up all her life without the colour red and was then given a red rose? Would she already have a concept of the colour?
The Cartesian Theatre Descartes' theory would require a physical interface between the ghost and machine, like a homunculus living in our brains watching everything - but this doesn't solve the physical/subjective barrier problem
Illusory Contours Do you see a cube? Well it's just some negative space that makes you join up the lines in your head
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Blind Spot Pebbles Cover your right eye, stare at the dot on the right and move your head until the grey area covers your blind spot. Your brain will fill in the blind spot - but how? Is it creating new pebbles?
Cross-over Wiring of Human Brain Layout of the optic nerves & such
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