Mary's Room
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Frank Jacksons Marys Room presents a neuroscientist, Mary, who knows all the physical facts about color perception but has lived her entire life in a black and white room. When she experiences color for the first time, does she learn something new? This thought experiment challenges physicalism, the view that everything is physical, by suggesting that there are facts about experience (qualia) that cannot be reduced to physical descriptions. It sparks debate about the nature of consciousness and the limits of scientific knowledge.
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