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*In particular, qualia are often considered to be properties ''of experiences'' the subject undergoing the experience is aware of.<refname="NR16">Martine Nida-Rümelin, ''The experience property frame work'', 2016</ref>*This conception contrasts with [[experiential properties]] that are properties of the experiencing subject. === Qualia as qualitative properties ===In particular, qualia are also taken often defined to be ''constitutequalitative properties'' what it of experiences, where a qualitative property is like related to undergo the [[qualitative character]] of an experience at issue.<ref>Martine (Nida-Rümelin, ''The experience property frame work'', 2016)<ref name="NR16"/ref>Both of these conceptions contrast with argues that this is untenable if one assumes that subjects are [[experiential propertiesawareness|aware]] that are of qualia. === Qualia as properties or features of mental states ===Some define qualia as "particular features of mental states" (arguably Varela<ref>"In the best of cases, the experiencing subjectproblem of consciousness is assimilated with that of 'qualia' for some particular features of mental states." Varela, Neurophenomenology, 1996</ref>)
→Qualia as properties or features of mental states
Qualia are often defined as properties of [[phenomenal consciousness]], [[mental states]] or [[conscious experience]].
== Qualia as simple constituents ==
This notion of qualia is much more involved ("stronger") than the previous two. Whereas in the previous two cases, one can think of [[conscious experience]] as primitive and then conceptualize qualia in terms of it, qualia as defined here seems to be intended as more primitive than conscious experience.
== Content qualia ==
Colours, sounds, tastes or odours are examples of what (Nida-Rümelin, 2016)<ref name="NR16"/> calls ''content qualia'', or ''c-qualia'' for short. They belong to the content of an experience, i.e. to what is present to the subject who undergoes an experience.
== Qualia as states ==
Some authors define qualia simply as states of [[phenomenal consciousness]].
With respect to [[experiential properties]], "for a state to have qualia is (...) for the state to be such that the subject has experiential properties by being in that sate".<ref name="NR16"/>
= Properties of features ascribed to qualia =
* transparent
* qualitative in character
=== Qualia determine how it is to have an experience ===
Qualia are sometimes claimed to ''determine'' how it is for the experiencing subject to have an experience.<ref name="NR16"/>
== References ==
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