For what it’s worth I started out being very much in the analytic philosophy camp and thought qualia sounded like nonsense for a long time because much of the discussion of the idea avoids giving a precise description of what qualia are. But over time I switched sides, if you will, because I was forced into it by trying to parsimoniously explain reality with empiricist epistemology. For this reason I generally prefer to talk about noemata (a term I gave technical meaning to avoid confusion with existing ideas) rather than qualia for this reason: it avoids the way “qualia” has become associated with all kinds of confusion.
I’m skeptical of your specific views on qualia, etc. (but I haven’t read your arguments yet, so I withhold judgment.)
Despite that skepticism, this seems like a promising area to explore at least.
I agree with your #5.
For what it’s worth I started out being very much in the analytic philosophy camp and thought qualia sounded like nonsense for a long time because much of the discussion of the idea avoids giving a precise description of what qualia are. But over time I switched sides, if you will, because I was forced into it by trying to parsimoniously explain reality with empiricist epistemology. For this reason I generally prefer to talk about noemata (a term I gave technical meaning to avoid confusion with existing ideas) rather than qualia for this reason: it avoids the way “qualia” has become associated with all kinds of confusion.