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Frank Jackson's knowledge Argument.
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Frank Jackson's knowledge Argument Word Count: 1957 The experience of sensation gives rise to questions which are not altogether easy to answer. Does physicalism offer a comprehensive view of the world? Are there types of knowledge which can be known if, and only if they have been experienced? Frank Jackson has famously argued against the former and for the latter. Jackson argues that 'Nothing you could tell of a physical sort captures the smell of a rose, for instance. Therefore physicalism is false'1. The problem with this argument is that it may be contended on the weakness of its premise. The Knowledge argument is presented to try and combat this failing by offering premises which are 'obvious to all'. There are two slightly different versions of the knowledge argument, one involving Frank and one involving Mary. The weight of this essay will be devoted to the knowledge argument involving Mary, but I...
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