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Do Qualia realists believe that Qualia are eternal?
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:24 am
by pessimist_093
Qualia realists like David Chalmers believe in the existence of Qualia which they define as: instances of subjective conscious experience, possessing the properties of ineffability, exclusivity and immediate apprehensibility. Qualia realists have extensively expounded upon Qualia in papers and lectures but I am unaware of them ever having addressed the position that Qualia are eternal and I am wondering whether any of them subscribe to this position.
Re: Do Qualia realists believe that Qualia are eternal?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 9:41 am
by Martin Peter Clarke
pessimist_093 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:24 am
Qualia realists like David Chalmers believe in the existence of Qualia which they define as: instances of subjective conscious experience, possessing the properties of ineffability, exclusivity and immediate apprehensibility. Qualia realists have extensively expounded upon Qualia in papers and lectures but I am unaware of them ever having addressed the position that Qualia are eternal and I am wondering whether any of them subscribe to this position.
Why would they? I don't believe in qualia, except as coherent, justified true belief. I know them. The only way they could be eternal is in the B-theory of time; eternalism. Along with everything else.
Why, how do you ask?