Knowledge argument | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-15

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00:00:57 1 Background
00:03:40 2 Thought experiment
00:07:33 3 Implications
00:07:57 3.1 Qualia
00:08:53 3.2 Refutation of physicalism
00:10:11 3.3 Epiphenomenalism
00:11:03 4 Responses
00:12:08 4.1 Design of the thought experiment
00:19:14 4.2 Ability hypothesis
00:24:27 4.3 Acquaintance hypothesis
00:27:32 4.4 The neural basis of qualia
00:30:06 4.5 Dualist responses
00:34:36 5 See also



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The knowledge argument (also known as  Mary's room  or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article "Epiphenomenal Qualia" (1982) and extended in "What Mary Didn't Know" (1986). The experiment is intended to argue against physicalism—the view that the universe, including all that is mental, is entirely physical. The debate that emerged following its publication became the subject of an edited volume—There's Something About Mary (2004)—which includes replies from such philosophers as Daniel Dennett, David Lewis, and Paul Churchland.