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Full Idea
Qualitative experience is just a particular species of propositional attitude.
Gist of Idea
Are qualia a type of propositional attitude?
Source
Georges Rey (Contemporary Philosophy of Mind [1997], 11.6.1)
Book Ref
Rey,Georges: 'Contemporary Philosophy of Mind' [Blackwell 1997], p.308
A Reaction
This sounds very implausible. If I hear a loud and baffling noise, is a proposition instantly involved? When a subtle change of colour occurs in the sky at sunset, is that 'propositional'? Do slugs formulate propositions when they taste garlic?