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Phenomenal and qualitative consciousness are treated as synonymous or closely related categories in philosophical discourse, as evidenced by their joint classification in [1], their shared requirement for third-person empirical study in [2], their common link to information availability in [3], and their shared constitutive relationship with integrated representations in [4].
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Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu 4 facts
claimPeter Carruthers (2000) suggests that the relationship between qualitative and phenomenal consciousness and unified, densely integrated representations might be intimate and constitutive, rather than contingent.
claimThe properties of access consciousness may differ significantly from those of qualitative or phenomenal consciousness, and both may differ from reflexive or narrative consciousness.
claimThird-person empirical data gathered by external observers is required for studying functional types of consciousness like access consciousness, as well as phenomenal and qualitative consciousness.
claimArmstrong (1981) and Tye (1985) argue that meta-mental, phenomenal, and qualitative forms of consciousness are linked to increases in the availability of information.