creators_name: de Leon, David type: preprint datestamp: 1998-11-23 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:51 metadata_visibility: show title: The Qualities of Qualia subjects: phil-mind full_text_status: public keywords: Qualia, eliminativism, Dennett 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. date: 1997 date_type: published refereed: FALSE citation: de Leon, David (1997) The Qualities of Qualia. [Preprint] document_url: http://cogprints.org/368/3/LUCS58.pdf