First a little stage-setting, concerning levels of organization. Pyramiding On the fly levels too, like analogies. One way of looking at C is as a high level of organization, though likely NOT the highest. Higher and Lower C. Neurologists have a very practical concern with lower consciousness. Walter Freeman s quip about looking for C in the brainstem as confusing the light switch with the light.
Neurobiologists tend to mean focusing attention, almost as limited as the neurologists.
Calling it C is just window dressing. Even irritated rocks produce sparks. Lumper extreme of the splitters vs the lumpers. Getting trapped by words , want to focus instead on functionality . There would have been no plan, no forethought, no sense of wishing, wanting, considering, believing.