Research and Applications of Qualia – The Unit of Subjective Experience
International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering May 10, 2020 DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.g5145.059720 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the concept of qualia has persisted in philosophical discussions of sensory experience and that consciousness is studied across many interdisciplinary fields, while mental illness is used as a framework for understanding mental disorder. |
Abstract
This paper performs a detail study on the present state of research in the study of mind-body problem that is termed as ‘qualia’ or the ‘phenomenal experience’. The term ‘qualia’ (singular: quale) in Latin has continued to exist in philosophical discussions of the epistemological status of sensory experience, an essential problem of western philosophy. Consciousness has been studied in vast interdisciplinary fields like humanities, sciences, philosophy, academicians, musicians, computer science, physicialism and many more. Further we also talk about how experts talkt in terms of mental illness to tackle the problem of metal disorderliness in the civilization. We in this paper discuss about the inception of philosophy up to the present state with all the description of various stages of evolution in sciences and study on the consciousness in various fields.