Qualia
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The term qualia (singular 'quale') is used in many different ways to date. Let's distinguish:
- Characterizations in terms of examples
- The kind of term that is being defined (Can one call this the "logical structure" of the term? - Probably not, please correct.)
- Properties or features ascribed to qualia
Contents
Definition in terms of examples
May publications define the term using examples. E.g.:
- Colours ("seeing red", etc.)
- Using the what it is like to be reference
- Qualia are "introspectively accessible, phenomenal aspects of our mental lives" [1]
Logical structure
Various uses seem to appear:
- Properties of phenomenal consciousness
- Properties of mental states[1]
- Simple constituents of phenomenal consciousness (going as far as "approximations" of phenomenal consciousness)
- States of phenomenal consciousness
