Nisan comments on Open Thread: May 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong
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Is (3) the only one that is compatible with a computational theory of mind?
(2) is too, if consciousness is defined such that it is either an epiphenomenon of other mental processes or a specific, well-defined feature that is necessary to certain things human minds do. (I take the latter position: consciousness does something (a mind without it wouldn't act the same, without intentionally imitating it) and there is no reason to expect it will not be compatible with materialism.)