The Knowledge Argument
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Classic Philosophical Arguments
ISBN-10
1316506983
ISBN-13
9781316506981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 19th, 2019
Print length
310 Pages
Weight
548 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 16.80 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy of mind
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This set of cutting-edge essays by top philosophers explores a central debate in philosophy of mind, breaking new ground as well as featuring comprehensive discussion of historical developments in the debate. It will be essential reading for students new to the topic and will also appeal to scholars.
Frank Jackson''s knowledge argument imagines a super-smart scientist, Mary, forced to investigate the mysteries of human colour vision using only black and white resources. Can she work out what it is like to see red from brain-science and physics alone? The argument says no: Mary will only really learn what red looks like when she actually sees it. Something is therefore missing from the science of the mind, and from the ''physicalist'' picture of the world based on science. This powerful and controversial argument remains as pivotal as when it was first created in 1982, and this volume provides a thorough and incisive examination of its relevance in philosophy of mind today. The cutting-edge essays featured here break new ground in the debate, and also comprehensively set out the developments in the story of the knowledge argument so far, tracing its impact, past, present, and future.
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