““Qualia” is a philosophical dodge used by lazy philosophers and yet it exists.”
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here. In the phrase “yet it exists”, what “it” are you referring to? Oh, and it’s a perfectly valid term used to distinguish the epxerience of something vs. a physical description.
“I know because it has a definition.”
Uh, what do you supposedly “know” and what “it” are you referring to in the above statement?
It sounds like you don’t have an answer to my objection.
For some "thing" to be said to exist, it must have a definition. That is how we know what "it" is to which we are referring. "Qualia" exists as a concept. Concepts are "things". "Qualia" has an agreed upon definition.
If I asked you if Fizzleputers really exist, your first reaction would be for me to define what a Fizzleputer is. ("What the hell is a Fizzleputer?"). To claim that "God" exists, you must be prepared to state what your definition of "God" is. The original poster stated, "God, by definition". I simply asked him for that definition since he claimed to know. Since then, I have been bombarded by you with philosophy 101. With all your sophistry and angels dancing on the head of a pin nonsense, you haven't addressed a fundamental fact of epistemology and debate. Understanding begins with definitions.