Friday, May 13, 2016

Word of the day: qualia

The word of the day is qualia:
  1. a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
  2. a sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/qualia)


"If I say fir and fescue
and clover and lover
whither identity and qualia?"

 - Maureen M. McLane, "Mz N Enough", Spring 2016 The American Scholar (https://theamericanscholar.org/maureen-mclane-three-poems/#.VzZNQdm9LCQ)

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