Qualia

Qualia is a term philosophers use for bits of perception or subjective, conscious experience. It is in the field called the philosophy of psychology, or philosophy of mind.

Examples of qualia include the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, or the perceived redness of an evening sky. It is a separate bit of experience, different from thinking about propositions or stream of consciousness thought.

Daniel Dennett (born 1942), American philosopher and cognitive scientist, says qualia is "an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us".

References

  1. ↑ singular form: quale
  2. ↑ Online papers on qualia Archived 2007-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, by various authors, compiled by David Chalmers
  3. ↑ Kriegel, Uriah 2014. (2014). Current controversies in philosophy of mind. New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 201. ISBN 978-0-415-53086-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Dennett D. Quining Qualia". Ase.tufts.edu. 1985-11-21. Retrieved 2010-12-03.