Full Idea
When the hidden neurophysiological structure of qualia (if there is any) gets revealed by unfolding research, then we will automatically gain a new epistemic access to qualia, beyond each person's native and exclusive capacity for internal discrimination.
Clarification
'Epistemic' means involving knowledge
Gist of Idea
A full neural account of qualia will give new epistemic access to them, beyond private experience
Source
Churchland / Churchland (Recent Work on Consciousness [1997])
Book Reference
Churchland,Paul and Patricia: 'On the Contrary: critical essays 1987-1997' [MIT 1998], p.165
A Reaction
Carefully phrased and hard to deny, but something is impenetrable. What experience does an insect have when it encounters ultra-violet light? Nothing remotely interesting about their qualia is likely to emerge from the study of insect brains.
Related Idea
Idea 2109 Increase a conscious machine to the size of a mill - you still won't see perceptions in it [Leibniz]