Consciousness and Its Function ASSC June 2007 Vegas
<p class="default">04:19 PM, August 21, 2007
 
Why Intential States are Ever Conscious ///
 
If (as he claims) a state's being conscious makes little or no contribution to rationality, volition, or
executive control, an intential state's being conscious may well have no significant stable function.
 
So, such functions can't explain what evolutionary selection pressures might have led to creatures whose
mental states are sometimes or often conscious.</p>