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This famous term has been introduced by Thomas Nagel in (add reference). It is often used to characterize [[phenomenal consciousness]] or [[phenomenal properties]].
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The famous term introduced by Thomas Nagel. It is often used to characterize [[phenomenal consciousness]] or [[phenomenal properties]].
  
== Ways to understand this term ==
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* Some take "what it is like to be" to denote a property which some [[mental states]] have, whereas others don't.
This term can be understood/used in various different ways, e.g.:
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* Some take it to refer to some parts/properties/features/elements/aspects of [[conscious experience]] or [[phenomenal consciousness]].
* As a reference to some parts/properties/features/elements/aspects of conscious experience or phenomenal consciousness. For this to make sense, there would also have to be parts/properties/features/elements/aspects which are not referenced by this term.
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* As a property which some [[mental states]] have, whereas others don't.
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One conclusion of (Nagel, 1974)<ref>Nagel, Thomas. "What is it like to be a bat?." The philosophical review 83.4 (1974): 435-450.</ref> is that neither science nor philosophy has the beginnings of a conception of the ''identity of what the term "what it is like to be" refers to, on the one hand, and a physical state, on the other''.
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The famous term introduced by Thomas Nagel. It is often used to characterize phenomenal consciousness or phenomenal properties.

One conclusion of (Nagel, 1974)[1] is that neither science nor philosophy has the beginnings of a conception of the identity of what the term "what it is like to be" refers to, on the one hand, and a physical state, on the other.

References

  1. Nagel, Thomas. "What is it like to be a bat?." The philosophical review 83.4 (1974): 435-450.