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The famous term introduced by Thomas Nagel. It is often used to characterize [[phenomenal consciousness]] or [[phenomenal properties]].
* Some take "what it is like to be" to denote a property which some [[mental states]] have, whereas others don't.
* Some take it to refer to some parts/properties/features/elements/aspects of [[conscious experience]] of or [[phenomenal consciousness]].
One conclusion of (Nagel's seminal article, 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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