Opacity/Transparency Distinction (Metzinger)

Philosophical distinction used to explain how Level 3 meta-awareness makes Level 2 attentional states conscious and controllable.

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Hierarchical Precision Modulation Framework
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Novel framework introduced by this paper: three-level generative model (perception, attention, meta-awareness) for formalizing consciousness of one's own attentional states.

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Phenomenal Transparencyconcept0.780
Metzinger's concept applied to sigma: the agent looks through the separation prior without seeing it as a construct
Like a clean window — you see through it, not it. Meta-awareness = making transparent states opaque (accessible for inspection and control).concept0.747
Load-bearing metaphor for transparency/opacity distinction; explains phenomenological mechanism of meta-awareness.
Representational Transparencyconcept0.737
Property of conscious representations: they do not contain information about the fact that they are representations at the level of the representation itself
In portraiture, as in architecture, it is the wholeness which is the real thing that lies beneath the surface and determines everything.claim0.725
Generalization from the Matisse example: artistic success depends on capturing wholeness.
The resulting features are highly abstract: multilingual, multimodal, and generalizing between concrete and abstract references.claim0.725
Features respond to concepts across languages and in images, not just text.
Interface Transparencyconcept0.723
Degree to which system internals are visible or hidden from the user.
what is the precise characterization of the perceptual representational format in which information exists as a specific, sustained, globally constitutive structure?question0.723
Open theoretical problem CIMC acknowledges: precisely characterizing the representational format of perception
Intensity and Clarity of Individual Colorconcept0.719
The paradox that each individual color must shine beautifully in itself, yet this clarity is achieved only through the support of surrounding colors—analogous to strong centers.