word
qualia
KWAH-lee-ah
ˈkwɑːliəListen
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qualia
Dictionary meaning
the subjective, conscious experiences of perception that are felt from a first-person point of view; what it is 'like' to see the redness of red or feel pain; coined by C.I. Lewis and central to debates about consciousness; difficult to explain in purely physical or functional terms
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