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The term ''qualia'' (singular 'quale') is used in many different ways to date.
Let's distinguish the characterizations in terms of examples, the types of term terms that is are being defined,<ref>Can one call this the "logical structure" of the term? - Probably not, please correct.</ref> and the properties or features ascribed to qualia.
== Definition in terms of examples ==
* Colours ("seeing red", etc.)
* Using the [[what it is like to be]] reference
* "raw feels"
* Qualia are "introspectively accessible, phenomenal aspects of our mental lives" <ref name=SEPQualia>Michael Tye in SEP Entry on Qualia.</ref>
* Properties of [[phenomenal consciousness]]
* Properties of [[mental states]]<ref name=SEPQualia/>
* Simple constituents /peroperties of phenomenal consciousness (going as far as "approximations" of phenomenal consciousness)
* States of phenomenal consciousness
* Sometimes they are claimed to constitute the [[phenomenal character]] ("that together make up the phenomenal character of the experience"<ref name=SEPQualia/>
== Properties of features ascribed to qualia ==
Different studies endorse different properties of qualia. Here is a first list of properties that are being ascribed. In philosophical contributions, these properties are used to analyse certain claims, e.g. whether physicalism can be true, whether there is an explanatory gap, etc.
* intrinsic
* subjective
* private
* ineffable
* inaccessible on a cognitive, linguistic or verbal account
* homogeneous
* transparent
== Notes ==
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