definition of qualia
In philosophy, qualia (/ËkwÉËliÉ/ or /ËkweÉªliÉ/ ; singular form: quale) are individual instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin neuter plural form (qualia) of the Latin adjective quÄlis (. [ËkwaËlis]) meaning of what sort or of what kind). Examples of qualia include the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, or the perceived redness of an evening sky. Daniel Dennett (b. 1942), American philosopher and cognitive scientist, regards qualia as an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us.