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The paradoxical proposition that there may be forms of consciousness that aren't accessible to the conscious self—awareness without self-awareness, experience without an experiencer who knows they're experiencing. This could include split-brain phenomena, dissociative states, or even the possibility that some mental systems have their own subjective experience without integration into the narrative self. Unconscious Consciousness Theory pushes against the assumption that consciousness equals self-consciousness, opening the possibility of minds within minds, awareness without a witness.
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