quen_tin comments on Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline - Less Wrong

88 Post author: lukeprog 28 March 2011 07:31PM

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Comment author: twanvl 29 March 2011 11:04:50PM 0 points [-]

qualia are not represented but directly experienced. Can you give a definition of these qualia?

That sounds obvious. Sounding obvious and being true are two very different things.

Comment author: quen_tin 29 March 2011 11:27:54PM 0 points [-]

I define qualia as the elements of my subjective experience. "That sounds obvious" was an euphemism. It's more than obvious that qualia are real, it's given, it is the only truth that does not need to be proven.