ABSTRACT
Should a materialist believe in qualia? Yes and no. ‘Qualia’ is a name for the occu pants of a certain functional role that is spelled out in our tacitly known folk psy chology. If materialism is true, there are no perfect occupants of the role, and hence no perfect deservers of the name. But in all probability there are imperfect occu pants of the role, imperfect deservers of the name. Good enough deservers of the name? May they just be called ‘qualia’? I say yes.
