Full Idea
Actualist HOT theories face an awkward problem with memory judgements: ...how can an earlier mental state be rendered conscious by some later act of memory? As when I see a red pillar box with no higher-order judgement, and then recall it later.
Gist of Idea
Actualist HOT theories imply that a non-conscious mental event could become conscious when remembered
Source
David Papineau (Thinking about Consciousness [2002], 7.11)
Book Reference
Papineau,David: 'Thinking about Consciousness' [OUP 2004], p.206
A Reaction
[See 7886 for 'Actualist' HOT theories] This is not altogether absurd. A red pillar box could be somewhere in my field of vision, and then I might suddenly become conscious of it (if it moved!). Police interrogation reminds me of what I only glimpsed.
Related Idea
Idea 7886 Actualist HOT theories imply that a non-conscious mental event could become conscious when remembered [Papineau]