List of Illustrations

2.1.

Visual representation of a bubble of perception.

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2.2.

The presence of an invisible god explains regularities in the visible world.

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2.3.

Colour illusion.

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2.4.

Primary and secondary qualities.

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2.5.

The relationship between a bubble of experience and a brain.

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2.6.

Interpretation of physical objects as black boxes.

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2.7.

The relationship between a bubble of experience and an invisible physical brain.

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2.8.

The emergence of the concept of consciousness.

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3.1.

The use of imagination to solve a scientific problem.

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3.2.

Imagination cannot be used to understand the relationship between consciousness and the invisible physical world.

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3.3.

Learnt association between consciously experienced brain activity and the sensation of an ice cube.

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4.1.

Problem of colour inversion.

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4.2.

Some of the definitions and assumptions that are required for scientific experiments on consciousness.

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4.3.

The relationship between macro- and micro-scale e-causal events.

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4.4.

Assumptions about the relationship between CC sets, consciousness and first-person reports.

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5.1.

The measurement of an elephant’s height in a scientist’s bubble of experience.

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5.2.

Theory of consciousness (c-theory).

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7.1.

Information c-theory.

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8.1.

Soap bubble computer.

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9.1.

Testing a c-theory’s prediction about a conscious state.

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9.2.

Testing a c-theory’s prediction about a physical state.

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9.3.

Deduction of the conscious state of a bat.

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10.1.

Modifications of a bubble of experience.

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10.2.

A reliable c-theory is used to realize a desired state of consciousness.

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11.1.

A reliable c-theory is used to build a MC4 machine.

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11.2.

A reliable c-theory is used to deduce the consciousness of an artificial system.

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