Full Idea
Identity theories locate consciousness at a certain order of abstraction, typically among neurophysiological states, events, processes, or properties.
Gist of Idea
Identity theory says consciousness is an abstraction: a state, event, process or property
Source
Thomas W. Polger (Natural Minds [2004], Ch.7.6)
Book Reference
Polger,Thomas W.: 'Natural Minds' [MIT 2004], p.240
A Reaction
I increasingly think that processes are the answer. My new analogy for the mind is a waterfall: its physical ontology is simple, it only exists because there is a sustained process, and it is far too complex to predict individual droplet outcomes.