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qualophile

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cognitive scientist who endorses qualia as being unmeasurable by heterophenomenology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1994. Daniel Dennett, Get Real, in Philosophical Topics, vol. 22, no. 1 & 2, Spring & Fall 1994, pp. 505-568 https://web.archive.org/web/20070715205004/http://cogprints.org/280/00/getreal.htm "figment, for instance. It is an attractive feature to qualophiles until I find a suitably abusive way of characterizing it, and I am always gratified when some brave qualophile admits that, yes, something along the lines of figment as just what she was hankering for. "

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Etymology

Etymology tree English quale Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Latin -philalbor. English -phile English qualophile From quale + -o- + -phile.