sisukogemust

Sisukogemust, often translated as "inner experience" or "subjective experience," refers to the personal, internal, and qualitative aspect of consciousness. It encompasses what it feels like to be a particular individual at a particular moment in time. This includes sensory perceptions such as seeing red, hearing music, tasting food, as well as emotions like joy, sadness, or anger. It also extends to thoughts, memories, desires, and intentions.

Philosophers and scientists grapple with the "hard problem of consciousness," which specifically concerns how and why physical processes in the brain give rise to these subjective, qualitative experiences. While we can observe neural activity associated with a stimulus, understanding how that activity translates into the specific feeling of, for example, experiencing the warmth of the sun on one's skin remains a profound challenge.

Sisukogemust is inherently private and inaccessible to others directly. While individuals can describe their experiences, these descriptions are always mediated and may not fully capture the original feeling. The study of sisukogemust is central to fields such as philosophy of mind, psychology, and neuroscience, as it seeks to understand the fundamental nature of awareness and the mind-body relationship. Different theoretical frameworks offer varying perspectives on its origins, functions, and relationship to the physical world.