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Qualia

Torin Alter

Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science January 15, 2006 DOI: 10.1002/0470018860.s00204 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Introduces the philosophical debate about how qualia relate to the physical world and in what terms they can be characterized.

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AbstractQualia are the subjective aspects, the characteristic properties, of conscious experience. There is extensive philosophical debate about how qualia relate to the physical world, and in what terms they can be characterized.

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