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quale

quale

1 9.9
A person's experience of something felt by the senses, like redness or pain
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɑːleɪ/
  • Specialized
: cualidad
  • Do you, are we, are we to take it that you think that consciousness is an illusion or just that something like qualia are illusions?

For consciousness to explore the possibility space of qualia, you have to have a rule set.

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Examples

  • For consciousness to explore the possibility space of qualia, you have to have a rule set.

    Tom Bilyeu

  • You always have to kind of give it that little quale, Yeah.

  • So when you are thinking about how you perceive the world, can you decide to switch from looking at qualia to looking at representational states?

    Lex Fridman

  • So here's I don't have the qualia, but I'll have the process.

  • Well, there's certainly, I mean, I mean, you could talk about cheese from a, a qualia standpoint, a, a, a whole standpoint.

  • JULIE J. WEBB GEOFFERY BURDICK Special Projects; STEVEN QUALE; Post Production Sound Service Provided By; SKYWALKER SOUND; A Division of LucasArts Entertainment Company.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • John Olson is the author of Backscatter: New and Selected Poems, from Black Widow Press; Souls of Wind, a novel about the notorious French poet Arthur Rimbaud in the American West, from Quale Press; and The Nothing That Is, an autobiographical novel from Ravenna Press.

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  • The quale of a sunset can evoke feelings of peace and wonder in those who witness it.

  • For many artists, the quale of color is essential in conveying emotion in their work.

  • When discussing consciousness, philosophers often focus on the quale that shapes individual perception.

Synonyms

qualia
vsquale
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A person's private experience of how things look, taste, or feel

is the singular term referring to one such experienced quality

Surface Forms

quale singular
qualia plural

Etymology

Quale comes from the Latin qualis meaning 'of what kind', and it is related to the English word quality. So a quale is the 'kind' or inner quality of an experience, like how red looks or how pain feels in your mind.