Peripheral vision is strongly limited by crowding, the deleterious influence of flanking items
on target perception. Distinguishing what is seen from what is merely inferred in crowding is …

I am grateful to Bradley Richards (2013) and JH Taylor (2013) for their thoughtful critiques
and for the chance to clarify and re-think the main line of argument in ''The Grain of Vision …

Some have claimed that identity crowding is a case where we consciously see an object to
which we are unable to pay attention. Opponents of this view offer alternative explanations …

One of the most important topics in current work on consciousness is what relationship it has
to attention. Recently, one of the focuses of this debate has been on the phenomenon of …

Ned Block says 'yes'(,). His position is based on the phenomenon of identity‐crowding.
According to Block, in cases of identity‐crowding, something is consciously seen even …

In cases of identity crowding, a subject consciously sees items in a figure, even though they
are presented too closely together for her to shift attention to each item. Block (2012, 2013) …

Can unattended objects by seen? Ned Block has claimed they can on the basis of “identity-
crowding.” This paper summarizes the ensuing debate with particular emphasis on the role …

Introspective subjective reports cannot provide direct evidence that phenomenal experience
overflows cognitive access. This problem for the overflow view is underappreciated in …

538 Ned Block notes, many beliefs and intentions can be quiescent but potentially able to
control thought and action. I put it this way:“One reason for choosing 'poised for access' …

In this article, I make a distinction between two versions of non‐epistemicism about seeing,
and bring explicitly into view and argue against a particular version defended by Dretske …