Reframing Self, Identity, and Subjectivity Through Metaqualia Theory: a Structural Grammar of Consciousness
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science November 15, 2025 Minoru Matsui 4 citations
Metaqualia Theory (MTQ) provides a structural grammar that treats self, identity, and subjectivity not as fixed entities but as derivative effects of a cycle involving Qualia (raw experience), Metaqualia (interpretive stances), and Transduction (stabilization through social and communicative fields). The self is the retrospective label applied when a stabilized Metaqualia stance is established; identity is the socially recognized continuity of such stabilizations; and subjectivity is the conventional name for Qualia framed by Metaqualia. MTQ distinguishes these terms systematically, avoids homuncular explanations, and differentiates itself from dialogical and constructivist models by specifying the structural conditions under which these labels arise. It offers a coherent conceptual lexicon for psychology and philosophy.