"What Mary Didn't Know" Self-Quiz

. Mary is . . .

Confined to a black and white room.

Taught everything there is to know about physics, chemistry, neurophysiology, etc.

Educated through black and white books.

All of the above.

. Physicalists hold that complete physical knowledge is ______ knowledge simplified.

incomplete

complete

true

false

. The knowledge that Mary lacks, according to Jackson, is knowledge about . . .

Her own experience

The physical world

The experience of others

Physics

. Which of the following is Churchland's second point against the knowledge argument?

The argument equivocates on the sense of "knows about"

That its claim that Mary couldn't imagine the relevant experience is false

If the argument works against physicalism, then it also works against dualism

None of the above

. Which of the following best defines "qualia"?

The imagine the mind comes up with when it imagines a color

A feature of something

The physical explanation for a color

What it is like to feel an experience

. Central to Jackon's argument is the fact that Mary gains an ability to imagine the experience of color upon her release.

True

False

. For physicalists, if I have complete physical knowledge of the world, I still don't necessarily know everything there is to know about the world.

True

False

. The knowledge argument rests upon the fact that Mary couldn't imagine color before her release.

True

False

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