Full Idea
Consciousness and experience of qualities are often run together - a serious mistake, I think.
Gist of Idea
Consciousness and experience of qualities are not the same
Source
David M. Armstrong (Pref to new 'Materialist Theory' [1992], p.xvii)
Book Reference
Armstrong,D.M.: 'A Materialist Theory of Mind' [Routledge 1993], p.-7
A Reaction
A difficult claim to evaluate. Can we experience redness without being conscious of it? Could there be consciousness (e.g. of concepts) which didn't involve any qualities? I suspect that qualities are more basic than intentionality or consciousness.