The knowledge argument (also known as Mary's Room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article...

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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...

is used as evidence to support an argument. The argument from authority is a logical fallacy, and obtaining knowledge in this way is fallible. However...

distinction between two different kinds of knowledge: knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description. Whereas knowledge by description is something like...

philosophy to distinguish types of knowledge, justification, or argument by their reliance on experience. A priori knowledge is independent from any experience...

human a knowledge of God's existence. Islamic philosophers who developed arguments for the existence of God comprise Averroes, who made arguments influenced...

A transcendental argument is a kind of deductive argument that appeals to the necessary conditions that make experience and knowledge possible. Transcendental...

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...

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...

as the science develops. Frank Jackson formulated his well-known knowledge argument based upon similar considerations. In this thought experiment, known...

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...

argument is a deductive philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis, that is advanced in support of the existence of God. Such arguments tend...

antagonism through verbal fighting. Argumentation theory had its origins in foundationalism, a theory of knowledge (epistemology) in the field of philosophy...

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...

and limits of knowledge. Also called theory of knowledge, it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical...

In the philosophy of religion, a cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God based upon observational and factual statements concerning...

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...

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...

knowledge is itself a knowledge-claim. Other arguments rely on common sense or deny that infallibility is required for knowledge. Very few philosophers...

teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal') also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design argument, is...

developed the zk-SNARK protocol, an acronym for zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge. The first widespread application of zk-SNARKs...

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...

564-571, 2011. (2010) ‘The Knowledge Argument and Epiphenomenalism’, Erkenntnis 72, pp. 37–56, 2010. (2010) ‘The Ontological Argument and the Devil’, Philosophical...

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...

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...

In epistemology, the regress argument is the argument that any proposition requires a justification. However, any justification itself requires support...

and a variety of arguments against physicalism about the mind. He published an alternative version of the popular Knowledge Argument in his book Matter...

basis of the argument that what goes beyond our knowledge is "nothing to us," he discarded scientific realism. Kant's position that knowledge comes about...

The Chinese room argument holds that a computer executing a program cannot have a mind, understanding, or consciousness, regardless of how intelligently...