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In philosophy of mind, the knowledge argument (also known as Mary's Room, Mary the Colour Scientist, or Mary the super-scientist) is a thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article "Epiphenomenal Qualia" (1982), and extended in "What Mary Didn't Know" (1986).
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The extracted context around Knowledge argument shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Knowledge argument → Jackson, Jackson's, Mary, Mary's, Nida-Rümelin, Philip Pettit, Since, Wow Another extracted example is Knowledge argument → Jackson, Mary, Specifically. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 13 structured relationships around Knowledge argument. Examples in this analysis include Knowledge argument → is a → attack on the physicalist claim about the completeness of physical explanations of mental states and Knowledge argument → related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument → Jackson's. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge argument | is a | attack on the physicalist claim about the completeness of physical explanations of mental states | 0.90 | text |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Jackson's | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Nida-Rümelin | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Jackson | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Mary | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Wow | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Mary's | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Since | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Dualist responses and Jackson's reconsideration of the argument | Philip Pettit | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Implications | Whether Mary | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Refutation of physicalism | Jackson | 0.60 | section |
| Knowledge argument | related to Refutation of physicalism | Mary | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Knowledge argument bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include New, Knowledge and Mary. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Knowledge argument, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Knowledge argument with Responses. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Knowledge argument to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, Responses & Background, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Knowledge argument · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout
