Philosophy / Unit 6 Philosophy 0222 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Qualia
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The idea
Qualia are the felt qualities of experience—what it is like to see red, taste coffee, feel pain—as distinct from any function performed.
In practice
A complete wiring diagram of taste receptors still leaves out the taste. That leftover is the quale.
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