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== Deflationary Accounts ==
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A notable deflationary account is the Higher-Order Thought theories of consciousness.<ref>[http://teachingcompany.12.forumer.com/a/23-the-hot-theory-and-antitheories_post3060.html The HOT theory and Antitheories]</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Peter |last=Carruthers |authorlink=Peter Carruthers (philosopher) |title=Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness |encyclopedia=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-higher/}}</ref> Though the most common arguments against deflationary accounts and [[eliminative materialism]] is the argument from [[qualia]], and that conscious experiences are irreducible to physical states, the objection follows that the one and same reality can appear in different ways, and that the numerical difference of these ways is consistent with a unitary mode of existence of the reality. Critics of the deflationary approach object that qualia are a special case where a single reality cannot have multiple appearances. As [[John Searle]] points out: "where consciousness is concerned, the existence of the appearance is the reality."<ref>Searle, J.''[[The Mystery of Consciousness]]'', p111</ref>
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