ABSTRACT
Since conscious properties are higher-order properties, they are implemented by mechanisms or processes of some sort. But what sorts of mechanisms are conscious properties implemented by? is chapter investigates two arguments against the claim that neural mechanisms and their properties implement conscious properties. According to the fi rst, neural mechanisms are too big and their properties not suffi ciently lower-order; according to the second, neural mechanisms are not big enough and their properties not suffi - ciently higher-order. Several counter arguments to microphysical reduction are presented. Developing some of them takes time and entails defending emergent causation against the charge of overdetermination. In the latter third of the chapter, vehicle externalism is picked back up, and its use in arguments for rejecting computational representationalism is examined in greater detail. is examination continues in Chapter 12.
