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    Supports→Change blindness does not show that there is no consciousness in the absence of attention; rather, it shows that consciousness exists in the absence of attention but is restricted to the scene's overall gist.

    If consciousness required attention, subjects would report blank perceptual fields during inattentional conditions, but they reliably report rich scenes with vague periphery instead.

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    Vague(describing laws and language)
    Unclear or fuzzy around the edges—words like 'tall' or 'bald' don't have a precise cutoff point where something definitely is or isn't that thing.
    attention(Lockean view; attention is a subset-determining process within consciousness)
    A process that constitutes conscious thinking when conscious thinking occurs in a certain way
    blank(as used in describing lack of perception)
    Empty or containing nothing—in this context, it means having no visual experience or awareness.
    consciousness(Philosophy of mind; framing the 'What is consciousness?' question)
    A dynamic process characterized by self-transforming flow, intentional coherence, and semantic self-understanding, rather than a static or momentary state.
    inattentional conditions

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    (as used in the study of perception)
    Situations where you're not actively paying attention to something, even though it might be happening around you.
    perceptual fields(as used in philosophy of perception)
    The total range of what you can see and sense at any given moment—your visual world and surrounding sensations.
    periphery(as used in describing visual experience)
    The outer edges of your vision—what you can see in the corners of your eyes when you're looking straight ahead, usually less clear than the center.

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