Buddhaghosa and Vasubandhu's Abhidharma traditions document discrete mind-moments arising and ceasing, making consciousness a contingent, negatable process rather than a permanent substrate.
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Substrate(as the underlying physical foundation being discussed)
The physical stuff or material that something is made of or runs on; in this case, the brain as the physical basis for mental states.
Vasubandhu(the subject of the argument being discussed)
An ancient Indian Buddhist philosopher (around 4th-5th century) who developed sophisticated theories about the mind and reality, particularly the idea that everything we experience might be mental constructs rather than external objects.
contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).