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Qualia refers to the phenomenal character of subjective experience.

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Is consciousness considered a resolved/able problem?

Is the existence of qualia generally considered an unresolved problem by philosophers? Is there a consensus on its nature or whether it can be studied at all? …
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If consciousness was an illusion, would it be less real?

Even though qualia are generally considered to be unexplainable, there are philosophers like Daniel Dennett attempting to get to the core of consciousness with scientific methods. … I know his point isn't that consciousness isn't real (because the illusions surely has to exist for him to criticize :) but I feel like his philosophy implies qualia isn't real. …
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What is the connection between color qualia and color frequencies? [closed]

Or is there some kind of order in the color qualia? Is there any connection between the color frequencies and the qualia we connect to them? … What do we know about the characteristics of our color qualia at all? …
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How do res cogitans and res extensa interact?

In all religions that ever existed, there is a soul and a God - two intangible things. From physics we know that there is no difference between a particle without the electrical charge, mass and energ …
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Is the "speed of time" perception a quale we can share?

Aren't we actually sharing our qualia when we consider ideas such that the time used to run slower when we're young? …
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