The knowledge argument (also known as Mary's Room, Mary the Colour Scientist, or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed...
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Qualia (section Knowledge argument)
ignored (help) "Qualia: The Knowledge Argument". Qualia: The Knowledge Argument | 5. The Dualist View About the Knowledge Argument. Metaphysics Research Lab...
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An argument is a series of sentences, statements, or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion. The purpose of an argument...
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Physicalism (section Knowledge argument)
most popular argument of this kind is the so-called knowledge argument as formulated by Frank Jackson, titled "Mary's room". The argument asks us to consider...
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used as evidence to support an argument. The argument from authority is an informal fallacy, and obtaining knowledge in this way is fallible. A common...
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A transcendental argument is a kind of deductive argument that appeals to the necessary conditions that make experience and knowledge possible. Transcendental...
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A priori and a posteriori (redirect from A priori and a posterior knowledge)
philosophy to distinguish types of knowledge, justification, or argument by their reliance on experience. A priori knowledge is independent from any experience...
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distinction between two different kinds of knowledge: knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description. Whereas knowledge by description is something like...
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Existence of God (redirect from Argument against the existence of God)
human a knowledge of God's existence. Islamic philosophers who developed arguments for the existence of God comprise Averroes, who made arguments influenced...
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The argument from consciousness is an argument for the existence of God that claims characteristics of human consciousness (such as qualia) cannot be explained...
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Hard problem of consciousness (category Arguments in philosophy of mind)
of the knowledge argument claims not merely that Mary would lack subjective knowledge of "what red looks like," but that she would lack knowledge of an...
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possibility of experience and knowledge. A version was formulated by Immanuel Kant in his 1763 work The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration...
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Philosophical zombie (redirect from Zombie Argument)
to be a reason to reject his principle.: 449–51 Frank Jackson's knowledge argument is based around a hypothetical scientist, Mary, who is forced to view...
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antagonism through verbal fighting. Argumentation theory had its origins in foundationalism, a theory of knowledge (epistemology) in the field of philosophy...
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being—posited, for instance, in his opus Being and Nothingness through his arguments about the 'being-for-others' and the 'for-itself' (i.e., an objective...
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An argument map or argument diagram is a visual representation of the structure of an argument. An argument map typically includes all the key components...
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564-571, 2011. (2010) ‘The Knowledge Argument and Epiphenomenalism’, Erkenntnis 72, pp. 37–56, 2010. (2010) ‘The Ontological Argument and the Devil’, Philosophical...
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Infinite regress (redirect from The regress argument in epistemology)
infinite regress argument is an argument against a theory based on the fact that this theory leads to an infinite regress. For such an argument to be successful...
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Epistemology (redirect from Knowledge (philosophy))
and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts,...
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mind. In the latter field he is best known for the "Mary's room" knowledge argument, a thought experiment that is one of the most discussed challenges...
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teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal') also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design argument, is...
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developed the zk-SNARK protocol, an acronym for zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge. The first widespread application of zk-SNARKs...
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His most important works include Argumentation and the Social Grounds of Knowledge (1982) and A Theory of Argumentation (1988). He has published monographs...
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Chinese room (redirect from Chinese room argument)
The Chinese room argument holds that a computer executing a program cannot have a mind, understanding, or consciousness, regardless of how intelligently...
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Mind–body dualism (redirect from Arguments against mind–body dualism)
as the science develops. Frank Jackson formulated his well-known knowledge argument based upon similar considerations. In this thought experiment, known...
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general (non-lexical) grammatical knowledge that is represented as phrase structure rules or the equivalent. Argument status determines the cognitive mechanism...
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argument is a deductive philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis, that is advanced in support of the existence of God. Such arguments tend...
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knowledge is itself a knowledge-claim. Other arguments rely on common sense or deny that infallibility is required for knowledge. Very few philosophers...
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Master argument for the classical master argument related to the problem of future contingents. The master argument is George Berkeley's argument that mind-independent...
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Logical form (redirect from Argument form)
this knowledge from its concrete integuments, and to render it explicit and pure." To demonstrate the important notion of the form of an argument, substitute...
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