{"product_id":"theres-something-about-mary-peter-ludlow-9780262621892","title":"There's Something about Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument","description":"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 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ludlow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262621894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262621892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.38w x 1.02d","brand":"Peter Ludlow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119493673215,"sku":"9780262621892","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72e8fc55-5ed1-4790-89f7-4cbdf8baa31e.jpg?v=1687409634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theres-something-about-mary-peter-ludlow-9780262621892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}