Qualia
Qualia[1] is a term philosophers use for bits of perception or subjective, conscious experience. It is in the field called the philosophy of psychology, or philosophy of mind.[2]
Examples of qualia include the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, or the perceived redness of an evening sky. It is a separate bit of experience, different from thinking about propositions or stream of consciousness thought.[3]
Daniel Dennett (born 1942), American philosopher and cognitive scientist, says qualia is "an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us".[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ singular form: quale
- ↑ Online papers on qualia Archived 2007-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, by various authors, compiled by David Chalmers
- ↑ Kriegel, Uriah 2014. Current controversies in philosophy of mind. New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-415-53086-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Dennett D. ''Quining Qualia''". Ase.tufts.edu. 1985-11-21. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
