Global Workspace Theory (Baars, Dehaene) and debates over access consciousness (1988–present)

1. Baars proposes Global Workspace Theory (GWT)

   Jan 1, 1988Labels: Bernard Baars, Global Workspace

   • Open Library
   • PhilPapers

2. Block distinguishes access and phenomenal consciousness

   Jan 1, 1995Labels: Ned Block, Access vs

   • Cogprints
   • Cogprints

3. Dehaene, Kerszberg, and Changeux formalize GNW model

   Nov 24, 1998Labels: Dehaene, Global Neuronal

   • PNAS

4. Dehaene and Naccache connect workspace to empirical constraints

   Apr 1, 2001Labels: Dehaene, Naccache

   • PubMed

5. All-or-none “bifurcation” evidence in attentional blink

   Nov 1, 2004Labels: Sergent, Attentional Blink

   • PubMed

6. Tononi publishes early Integrated Information Theory (IIT)

   Nov 2, 2004Labels: Giulio Tononi, Integrated Information

   • BMC
   • PubMed

7. Model links GNW access to inattentional blindness

   Apr 12, 2005Labels: Dehaene, Inattentional Blindness

   • PLOS

8. Dehaene and Changeux review “ignition” markers of access

   Apr 28, 2011Labels: Dehaene, Ignition

   • PubMed

9. Block argues perceptual experience can “overflow” access

   Dec 1, 2011Labels: Ned Block, Overflow Argument

   • PubMed

10. Dehaene’s book popularizes GNW for broad audiences

    Jan 30, 2014Labels: Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and

    • PMC Review

11. IIT 3.0 published with axioms-and-postulates framework

    May 8, 2014Labels: Tononi, IIT 3

    • PubMed
    • UW Madison

12. Ongoing debate tests “all-or-none” vs partial awareness

    Feb 1, 2016Labels: Partial Awareness, All-or-None Debate

    • ScienceDirect