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The term has originally been introduced by (Block, 1995)<ref>Block, Ned. "On a confusion about a function of consciousness." Behavioral and brain sciences 18.2 (1995): 227-247.</ref>. Following (Shea, 2012)<ref>Shea, Nicholas. "Methodological encounters with the phenomenal kind." Philosophy and phenomenological research 84.2 (2012): 307.</ref>, it could be defined as follows:
;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>.
