Mary's room: a philosophical experiment.
Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is there anything about perceiving color that wasn't captured in her knowledge? Eleanor Nelsen explains what this thought experiment can teach us about experience.
Answer the following questions:
Briefly define and contrast physicalism and the knowledge argument. Which one is more strongly supported by the thought experiment?
How does the thought experiment rely on the reader's experience of color vision to make the case for the knowledge argument?
How is the knowledge argument related to the potential limitations of artificial intelligence?
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