The inference from 'absent qualia are impossible' to 'only phenomenal character as such has a functional essence' commits a composition fallacy: if every token quale requires functional realization, the specific character of each is functionally individuated.
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functional essence(Applied to phenomenal character to express that having some experience or other is guaranteed by functional role, even if specific qualia are not)
The property of being fully constituted by or necessarily entailed by functional organization
phenomenal character(Used to distinguish the mere presence of experience from the specific qualitative nature of individual experiences)
The qualitative, subjective 'what it is like' aspect of mental states; the property of having qualia
qualia(The passage presents two competing definitions to contrast the views)
On the Cartesian picture: intrinsic qualities of inner ideas of which subjects are directly aware, necessarily shared by internal duplicates regardless of environment. On wide representationalism: representational contents of inner states whose nature is partly externally determined