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Phenomenal structure is best considered as involving a special kind of intentional and representational organization and content distinctively associated with consciousness

Consciousness & Mind Philosophy of Language

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1.Many non-conscious states also have intentional and representational aspects
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2.If intentionality and representationality are not unique to conscious states, then phenomenal structure requires a more specific characterization than merely 'intentional and representational'
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1.Phenomenal properties like raw pain or pure color qualia have intrinsic, non-relational character that resists reduction to any representational content.
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2.Ned Block's distinction between phenomenal and access consciousness shows that phenomenal character can come apart from representational or functional organization.
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3.If phenomenal structure is exhausted by intentional content, then inverted or absent qualia scenarios would be impossible, yet they remain coherent possibilities.
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