By the way, I will quickly reply to your edit in this comment. Determinism certainly seems compatible with qualia being fundamental.
“Hard Determinism” is just a shorthand for a position (in a free will debate) that accepts the following claims:
Determinism is true.
Determinism is incompatible with free will
I am pretty sure that the term has no use outside of discussions about free will.
By the way, I will quickly reply to your edit in this comment. Determinism certainly seems compatible with qualia being fundamental.
“Hard Determinism” is just a shorthand for a position (in a free will debate) that accepts the following claims:
Determinism is true.
Determinism is incompatible with free will
I am pretty sure that the term has no use outside of discussions about free will.