{"product_id":"theres-something-about-mary-essays-on-phenomenal-consciousness-and-frank-jacksons-knowledge-argument-9780262621892","title":"There's Something about Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Ludlow | Yujin Nagasawa | Daniel Stoljar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIT Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mind \u0026amp; Body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 red for the first time? Jackson's knowledge argument says that Mary comes to know a new fact about color, and that, therefore, physicalism is false. The knowledge argument remains one of the most controversial and important arguments in contemporary philosophy.There's Something About Mary--the first book devoted solely to the argument--collects the main essays in which Jackson presents (and later rejects) his argument along with key responses by other philosophers. These responses are organized around a series of questions: Does Mary learn anything new? Does she gain only know-how (the ability hypothesis), or merely get acquainted with something she knew previously (the acquaintance hypothesis)? Does she learn a genuinely new fact or an old fact in disguise? And finally, does she really know all the physical facts before her release, or is this a \"misdescription\"? The arguments presented in this comprehensive collection have important implications for the philosophy of mind and the study of consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613695557783,"sku":"9780262621892","price":5700.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262621892.webp?v=1775087182","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/theres-something-about-mary-essays-on-phenomenal-consciousness-and-frank-jacksons-knowledge-argument-9780262621892","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}