Unconscious and conscious states aren't identical
Searle presupposes that any given unconscious state is identical to its conscious form. But identity is partly determined by causal powers, and the causal powers of an unconscious state are different from the causal powers of a conscious state.
Hence, the two mental states cannot be identical.

Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore (1994).
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