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;Definition:
Subject <math>S</math> instantiates property <math>A_p</math>, being access conscious of <math>p</math> , iff
# <math>S</math> has a mechanism <math>M</math> for making information directly available for us in directing a wide range of behaviours; and
# <math>M</math> is making the information that <math>p</math> directly available for directing a wide range of potential behvaiours of <math>S</math>.
Some criticize this notion of consciousness and argue that it should merely be called "access", rather than "access consciousness".<ref>Citation missing.</ref>
Intentional mental states can be conscious according to this conception, but also beliefs or sensory states such as sensations.
== Introspective consciousness ==
