There's Something about Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument

by Peter Ludlow

Book Overview

In Frank Jackson's famous thought experiment, Mary is confined to a black-and-white room and educated through black-and-white books and lectures on a black-and-white television. In this way, she learns everything there is to know about the physical world. If physicalism--the doctrine that everything is physical--is true, then Mary seems to know all there is to know. What happens, then, when she emerges from her black-and-white room and sees the color...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262621894
• ISBN13: 9780262621892
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 463 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher