"Qualia" () is "an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us"[LINK: http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/quinqual.htm] Dennet, D. Quining Qualia. They can be defined as qualities or feelings, like redness or pain, as considered independently of their effects on behavior and from whatever physical circumstances give rise to them. In more philosophical terms, qualia are properties of sensory experiences. The importance of qualia in philosophy of mind comes largely from the fact that they are often seen as posing a fundamental problem for physicalism. Much of the debate over their existence, however, hinges on the debate over the precise definition of the term, as various philosophers emphasize or deny the existence of certain properties. The word "qualia" comes from Latin, meaning "what sort" or "what kind"; The Latin and English singu

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