12/6/96
Perhaps the cornerstone of Daniel Dennett's case for
his ``multiple drafts" view of consciousness in his Consciousness
Explained is a set of inferences he draws from the phi phenomenon.
We explain why these inferences are incorrect, in part by explaining
phi (as replicated in our own lab) in such a way that it is consistent
with the standard conceptions of consciousness Dennett seeks to supplant.
(You are directed to --'s
web site (URL above) for this
paper, for the Turing Machine 
discussed herein, and for a
Java-based version of the color phi phenomenon which you can experience
and react to.)