# structuring the mind chapter 12 **Opening (not a real abstract):** Necessity and Sufficiency The Inconclusive Empirical Case for a One-Sided Dependency 1 Two Claims about the Relationship between Attention and Consciousness So far this has been a book about attention (what is it?) and about how attention is reflected in the phenomenal character of consciousness (what does it feel like?). We have hardly touched on some of the questions that have most engaged those who have recently studied the relationship between attention and consciousness. Is at least one of the following claims true? Sufficiency. **Authors:** [[Necessity and Sufficiency]]