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Qualia

In philosophy of mind, qualia (/ˈkwɑː.li.ə, ˈkweɪ.-/; singular: quale /-.li, -.leɪ/) are defined as instances of subjective experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin neuter plural form (qualia) of the Latin adjective quālis (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox…

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related to Other references · 69
Qualia → About, Alex, Archived, August, Biological, Biological Functions, Brain, Brainy Mind, British Medical Journal, Chalmers, Classical, Consciousness, Consciousness Studies, Contemporary Readings, Daniel, David, Decade, December, Dennett, Eric
see also · 21
Qualia → American, Belief, Binding, Capacity, Debate, Hypothetical, Injustice, Metaphysical, Ned BlockChinese, Neurological, Open, Phenomenological, Phenomenon, Philosophical, Philosophy, Position, Recurringly, Research Institute, Sentence, Thought
related to David Lewis · 11
Qualia → David, Freud, However, Jackson's, Learning, Lewis, Mary, Normally, Now, She, When Mary
related to Gary Drescher · 11
Qualia → Common Lisp, Drescher, Gary Drescher, Good, However, In, Lisp, Mary, Real, These, Under
related to Daniel Dennett · 9
Qualia → According, Daniel Dennett, Dennett, He, In, In Consciousness Explained, In Dennett's, Quining Qualia, Since
related to Michael Tye · 8
Qualia → From, He, It, Michael Tye, That, The, They, Thus
related to Roger Scruton · 8
Qualia → However, In, On Human Nature, Roger Scruton, Scruton, Whereof, Wittgenstein, Wittgenstein's
related to Definitions · 5
Qualia → Leibniz's, Many, Monadology, One, The
related to Arguments regarding the existence of qualia · 2
Qualia → Arguments, Since
related to Marvin Minsky · 2
Qualia → Artificial, Marvin Minsky

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Qualiais aincoherent concept0.90text
paininstance ofThe way it feels to have mental states0.80text
seeing redinstance ofThe way it feels to have mental states0.80text
smelling a roseinstance ofThe way it feels to have mental states0.80text
etcinstance ofThe way it feels to have mental states0.80text
one of appropriately configured computer hardware reproduces the functional organization of the braininstance ofif a system0.80text
it will also reproduce the qualia associated with the brain.Christian ListPhilosopher Christian List argues that mental phenomena are non-reducible to physical phenomena on the basis of first-person perspectivesinstance ofif a system0.80text
the unanswerability of the vertiginous questioninstance ofif a system0.80text
it will also reproduce the qualia associated with the braininstance ofif a system0.80text
Qualiarelated to Arguments regarding the existence of qualiaSince0.60section
Qualiarelated to Arguments regarding the existence of qualiaArguments0.60section
Qualiarelated to Daniel DennettIn Consciousness Explained0.60section

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