The knowledge argument (also known as Mary's Room, Mary the Colour Scientist, or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article …

Sep 7, 2020 · These were some of the questions which lay behind a famous thought experiment of 1982: A brilliant neurophysiologist, Mary, knows all there is to know about her academic …

Mar 17, 2021 · Imagine Mary, a brilliant scientist who studies colours. Although she has complete physical knowledge about colours, she has never seen them, because she is living in a black …

The Knowledge Argument against physicalism, proposed by Frank Jackson in his article “Epiphenomenal Qualia,” (1982) centers on a thought experiment that is often referred to as the …

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Mary knew perfectly how the optic nerves send their information to the visual cortex to produce the experience of seeing colors. She understood in full detail neurology and optics, diseases of …

Of course in any real-world situation, somebody in Mary’s imagined position would learn something new because however much she knew about color, there would be lots of facts …

Jul 5, 2014 · Frank Jackson has given us a rich thought experiment in what is known variously as ‘Mary the colour scientist’ or ‘the black and white room’ or simply ‘the knowledge argument’. The …

What has become known as Mary’s Room is an allegory devised by Frank Jackson to represent the Knowledge Argument against physicalism. Jackson penned the allegory in 1982 …

Jackson describes the following scenario: Mary is a brilliant scientist who is, for whatever reason, forced to in- vestigate the world from a black-and-white room via a black-and-white television …