Something about Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson’s Knowledge Argument
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A lengthy introduction by two of the editors, Daniel Stoljar and Yujin Nagasawa. Frank Jackson's classic articles from the 1980's, " Epiphenomenal Qualia " and " What Mary Didn't Know, " in which he develops and defends the knowledge argument. Fifteen articles representing the main lines of response, four of which have not been previously published. The new ones are bys articles aren't wholly new; both elaborate ideas they've expressed elsewhere). The rest are
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