edelman/totoni on qualia

"The pure sensation of red is a particular neural state identified by a point within the N-dimensional neural space defined by the integrated activity of all the groups of neurons that constitute the dynamic core" (p. 167).

"The quale of the pure sensation of red corresponds to the discrimination that has been made among billions of other states within the same neural reference space" (p. 167).

But you can't isolate the sensation of red like a grain of sand. It's part of a fabric.

"Every different conscious state deserves to be called a quale" (p. 168).