Some problems are hard to solve, and hard even to define clearly. It’s possible that “qualia” is not referring to anything meaningful, but unless you are able to explain why it feels meaningful to someone, but isn’t really, I don’t think you should demand that they stop using it.
Some problems are hard to solve, and hard even to define clearly. It’s possible that “qualia” is not referring to anything meaningful, but unless you are able to explain why it feels meaningful to someone, but isn’t really, I don’t think you should demand that they stop using it.
Having said that, here’s my attempt at an operational definition of qualia.