Is consciousness a result of contact?
From the Madhupindika Sutta (MN18):


  "Dependent on eye &amp; forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of
  the three is contact. With contact as a requisite condition, there is
  feeling. What one feels, one perceives (labels in the mind). What one
  perceives, one thinks about. What one thinks about, one objectifies.
  Based on what a person objectifies, the perceptions &amp; categories of
  objectification assail him/her with regard to past, present, &amp; future
  forms cognizable via the eye.
  
  "Dependent on ear &amp; sounds, ear-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on nose &amp; aromas, nose-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on tongue &amp; flavors, tongue-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on body &amp; tactile sensations, body-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on intellect &amp; ideas, intellect-consciousness arises. The
  meeting of the three is contact. With contact as a requisite
  condition, there is feeling. What one feels, one perceives (labels in
  the mind). What one perceives, one thinks about. What one thinks
  about, one objectifies. Based on what a person objectifies, the
  perceptions &amp; categories of objectification assail him/her with regard
  to past, present, &amp; future ideas cognizable via the intellect.