This brief note by Paul King on Quora contains a useful perspective on consciousness from a computational neuroscientist. He dismisses the fundamental property of matter theory. Importantly, he also points out that the emergent property theory explains nothing: ‘It’s like saying that weather is an emergent property of air and water molecules undergoing temperature change.’

Link to article: https://www.quora.com/Is-consciousness-an-emergent-property-of-the-brain-or-a-fundamental-property-of-matter