Phenoma are also ontological constructions.
We think we 'really' share them because we can talk as though we do.
They seem fundamental because we seem to 'refer' to them introspectively. But there is no reason why any two individuals' internal states should be 'commensurable' beyond what is required for mutual intelligibility.
This is why there can be no 'science' - no articulated theory - of consciousness. We do not share the aspects which we would need to articulate in order to make such a science possible.
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