[criddell]

Jaynes definition:

> Subjective conscious mind is an analogue of what is called the real world. It is built up with a vocabulary or lexical field whose terms are all metaphors or analogues of behaviour in the physical world. Its reality is of the same order as mathematics. It allows us to shortcut behavioural processes and arrive at more adequate decisions. Like mathematics, it is an operator rather than a thing or repository. And it is intimately bound up with volition and decision

So your dog has consciousness to some degree, but it’s going to be generally less rich than yours.

It’s interesting to think about what it means to think without language and everything that comes with language (metaphors, adjectives, etc...).