Definition of "occurrent" []

• Current, actual, occurring. (adjective)
• An event, something that occurs. (noun)

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• "Most theorists believe that there are mental states ” such as occurrent thoughts or judgments ” that are access-conscious (in whatever is the correct functionally-definable sense), but that are not phenomenally conscious."
• "But sense (4), that of "what it is like" to entertain a given quale, can be generalized: It is not only qualia that have the higher-order what-it's-like property; arguably propositional attitudes and other states that do not involve qualia in sense (3), such as occurrent thoughts, have it too (Siewert"
• "Apples are naturally occurrent and edible while sparkplugs are inedible artifacts."