?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Putting+Content+into+a+Vehicle+Theory+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=O'Brien%2C+Gerard&rft.creator=Opie%2C+Jon&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Behavioral+%26+Brain+Sciences&rft.description=The+connectionist+vehicle+theory+of+phenomenal+experience+in+the+target+article+identifies%0Aconsciousness+with+the+brain%E2%80%99s+explicit+representation+of+information+in+the+form+of+stable%0Apatterns+of+neural+activity.+Commentators+raise+concerns+about+both+the+conceptual+and%0Aempirical+adequacy+of+this+proposal.+On+the+former+front+they+worry+about+our+reliance+on%0Avehicles%2C+on+representation%2C+on+stable+patterns+of+activity%2C+and+on+our+identity+claim.+On+the+latter%0Afront+their+concerns+range+from+the+general+plausibility+of+a+vehicle+theory+to+our+specific%0Aattempts+to+deal+with+the+dissociation+studies.+We+address+these+concerns%2C+and+then+finish+by%0Aconsidering+whether+the+vehicle+theory+we+have+defended+has+a+coherent+story+to+tell+about+the%0Aactive%2C+unified+subject+to+whom+conscious+experiences+belong.&rft.publisher=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1466%2F3%2FPutting_content_into_a_vehicle_theory_of_consciousness.pdf&rft.identifier=++O'Brien%2C+Gerard+and+Opie%2C+Jon++(1999)+Putting+Content+into+a+Vehicle+Theory+of+Consciousness.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1466%2F