Mary’s Dilemma: A Novel Take On Jackson’s Famous Thought Experiment

This paper explores and evaluates the famous Mary case put forward by Frank Jackson in support of what he calls the knowledge argument against physicalism. After laying out Jackson’s position, I set out to determine whether certain previous physicalist attempts at undermining it have been successful...

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Main Author: Abolafia-Rosenzweig, Noah O
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/524
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1509&context=cmc_theses