English▸ noun Philosophy (usually qualia) a quality or property as perceived or experienced by a person:
in a different world, I could have the qualia of ‘red’ when looking at the sky (but would continue to label it as ‘blue’)
in a different world, I could have the qualia of “red” when looking at the sky (but would continue to label it as “blue”).
– ORIGIN late 17th century: from Latin, neuter of qualis ‘of what kind’.