Naslov
Maryno znastveno znanje ( Mary’s Scientific Knowledge. Prolegomena. 7 (2008) , 1 ; 37-59 S engleskog preveo: Filip Grgić.)
(Mary's scientific knowledgeMary’s Scientific Knowledge. Prolegomena. 7 (2008) , 1 ; 37-59 S engleskog preveo: Filip Grgić.)

Autori
Malatesti, Luca

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, ostalo

Godina
2011

Ključne riječi
qualia, svjest, argument iz znanja
(qualia, consciousness, knowledge argument)

Sažetak
Frank Jackson’s knowledge argument (KA) aims to prove, by means of a thought experiment concerning the hypothetical scientist Mary, that conscious experiences have non-physical properties, called qualia. Mary has complete scientific knowledge of colours and colour vision without having had any colour experience. The central intuition in the KA is that, by seeing colours, Mary will learn what it is like to have colour experiences. Therefore, her scientific knowledge is incomplete, and conscious experiences have qualia. In this paper I consider an objection to the KA raised by Daniel Dennett. He maintains that the KA is vitiated by Jackson’s account of Mary’s scientific knowledge. While endorsing this criticism, I will defend the plausibility and relevance of the type of strategy involved in the KA by offering an account of Mary’s scientific knowledge. This account involves formulating a reasonable and not immediately false version of the physicalist thesis with regard to colour experiences. Whether this version of the KA is successful against this type of physicalism is not investigated here.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

Napomena
Mary’s Scientific Knowledge. Prolegomena. 7 (2008) ,
1 ; 37-59 S engleskog preveo: Filip Grgić.

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