ABSTRACT
Having let go of the requirement that mental events must pass through a central processing area in order to achieve consciousness implies that consciousness does not have to consist of a seamless stream of unified experiences, even if it seems that way. Only on a Cartesian model do these questions require answers, and so only on a Cartesian model does the apparent inability to settle them pose a problem. On "Multiple Drafts Model" (MDM), because one single official draft does not proceed through time along a continuous line, there does not have to be a fact of the matter about these issues of timing. This is how MDM respects the powerful appearance of a single, "official" draft. In introducing MDM, Dennett describes it as "a first version of the replacement" for the image of mind suggested by the Cartesian model.
