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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 "Epiphenomenal Qualia" (1982) and extended in "What Mary Didn't Know" (1986).
Jackson motivates the knowledge argument by a famous thought experiment known as Mary's room. In a much cited passage [14] he phrases the thought experiment as follows: Mary is a brilliant scientist who is, for whatever reason, forced to investigate the world from a black and white room via a black and white television monitor.
It was an argument to counter color realism and more broadly physicalism. The thought experiment was originally proposed by Frank Jackson as follows: Mary is a brilliant scientist who is, for whatever reason, forced to investigate the world from a black and white room via a black and white television monitor.
A stronger form of the knowledge argument [52] claims not merely that Mary would lack subjective knowledge of "what red looks like," but that she would lack knowledge of an objective fact about the world: namely, "what red looks like," a non-physical fact that can be learned only through direct experience (qualia).
Descriptive knowledge – "Knowledge that" Procedural knowledge – "Knowledge how" Knowledge by acquaintance; A priori and a posteriori; Analytic–synthetic distinction; Gettier problem; Justification. Regress argument. Münchhausen trilemma; Theories of justification. Foundationalism – Basic beliefs justify other, non-basic beliefs.
Scotus's argument appears in Pope Pius IX's 1854 declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, "at the first moment of Her conception, Mary was preserved free from the stain of original sin, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ." [48] Scotus's position was hailed as "a correct expression of the faith of the Apostles." [48]
The argument related to the thought experiment does have a pretty set name: "the knowledge argument". I added that into the intro paragraph and added a reditect (see knowledge argument). My opinion: I think we should have the title of the article be the "knowledge argument", which would, of course, include info on Mary's room.
Gary R. Mar is an American philosopher and logician specializing in logic, the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, analytic philosophy, philosophy of language and linguistics, philosophy of science, computational philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and Asian American philosophy.