plural qualia
ˈkwä-lē-ə 
1
: a property (such as redness) considered apart from things having the property : universal
2
: a property as it is experienced as distinct from any source it might have in a physical object
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The hard problem is explaining how and why beings have conscious, subjective experiences at all (qualia in philosophical parlance).
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“Quale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quale. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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