Qualia As Forms Of Higher-Order Categorisation Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Edelman (1992: 116):

As it will turn out after we consider models for primary and higher-order consciousness, qualia may be usefully viewed as forms of higher-order categorisation, as relations reportable to the self and then somewhat less satisfactorily reportable to others with similar mental equipment.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, qualia can be understood as a senser mediating mental processes that range over, or are caused by, systems of perceptual meanings (± linguistic meanings) construed of experience.  That is, they are not the meanings (categorisations) alone.