title: The Qualities of Qualia
creator: de Leon, David
subject: Philosophy of Mind
description: 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.
date: 1997
type: Preprint
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/368/3/LUCS58.pdf
identifier:   de Leon, David  (1997) The Qualities of Qualia.  [Preprint]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/368/