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Often, the term `experience' is used in a primitive sense. The ''phenomenal character'' of an experience is defined e.g. as "[[what it is like]] subjectively to undergo this experience"<ref=SEPQualia>Tye, SEP Qualia</ref>. Supposedly that means there are also other characters of experience, and the quote just given picks out another one.
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If the concepts of [[mental state]] or [[conscious experience]] are taken to be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_notion primitive notions], the ''phenomenal character'' of a mental state or conscious experience is often simply defined as "[[What it is like to be|what it is like]] subjectively to undergo this experience".

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If the concepts of mental state or conscious experience are taken to be primitive notions, the phenomenal character of a mental state or conscious experience is often simply defined as "what it is like subjectively to undergo this experience".