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abstract: 'This essay is a defence of the traditional notion of qualia - as properties of consciousness that are ineffable, intrinsic, private and immediately apprehensible - against the eliminative attempts of Daniel Dennett in the influential article "Quining Qualia." It is suggested that a thorough exploration of the concept is an appropriate starting point for future explanations of qualia, and the essay ends with some possible explanations of the four traditional properties.'
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- http://lucs.fil.lu.se/Abstracts/LUCS_Studies/LUCS58.html
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commref: 'Dennett, D. (1988), "Quining Qualia," in Marcel and Bisiach (eds), Consciousness in Contemporary Science, Oxford: Clarendon Press.'
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- family: de Leon
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keywords: 'Qualia, eliminativism, Dennett'
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- phil-mind
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title: The Qualities of Qualia
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