?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Competing+for+Consciousness%3A+A+Darwinian+Mechanism+at+an+Appropriate+Level+of+Explanation&rft.creator=Calvin%2C+William+H&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=Treating+consciousness+as+awareness+or+attention+greatly+underestimates+it%2C+ignoring+the+temporary+levels+of+organization+associated+with+higher+intellectual+function+(syntax%2C+planning%2C+logic%2C+music).+The+tasks+that+require+consciousness+tend+to+be+the+ones+that+demand+a+lot+of+resources.+Routine+tasks+can+be+handled+on+the+back+burner+but+dealing+with+ambiguity%2C+groping+around+offline%2C+generating+creative+choices%2C+and+performing+precision+movements+may+temporarily+require+substantial+allocations+of+neocortex.+Here+I+will+attempt+to+clarify+the+appropriate+levels+of+explanation+(ranging+from+quantum+aspects+to+association+cortex+dynamics)+and+then+propose+a+specific+mechanism+(consciousness+as+the+current+winner+of+Darwinian+copying+competitions+in+cerebral+cortex)+that+seems+capable+of+encompassing+the+higher+intellectual+function+aspects+of+consciousness+as+well+as+some+of+the+attentional+aspects.+It+includes+features+such+as+a+coding+space+appropriate+for+analogies+and+a+supervisory+Darwinian+process+that+can+bias+the+operation+of+other+Darwinian+processes.+%0A&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3218%2F3%2F1998JConscStudies.htm&rft.identifier=++Calvin%2C+William+H++(1998)+Competing+for+Consciousness%3A+A+Darwinian+Mechanism+at+an+Appropriate+Level+of+Explanation.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3218%2F