P-CONSCIOUSNESS PRESENTATION A-CONSCIOUSNESS REPRESENTATION

P-Consciousness (P) is to be understood in terms of an immediate fluct uating continuum that is a presentation of raw experiential matter aga inst which A-consciousness (A) acts to objectify, impose form or make determinate ''thinkable'' contents. A representationalises P but P is not itself representational, at least in terms of some concepts of ''r epresentation''. Block's arguments fall short of establishing that P i s representational and, given the sort of cognitive science assumption s he is working with, he is unable to account for the aspect of phenom enal content that he thinks goes beyond ''representational'' content. BBS discussion reveals the need for greater analysis and justification for a representationalist thesis of P.