Maerk, P.: Experience as Integrated Relevance: A Dual-Aspect Account of Consciousness (Short Version)

This short version presents the core argument of a dual-aspect account of experience and consciousness centered on systemic relevance. The central claim is that experience is the inner appearance of systemic relevance, and that consciousness is not merely integrated information but integrated relevance. Information marks difference; salience marks attentional prominence; function describes the role of a state in a process; systemic relevance describes the degree to which a difference matters for