Who knows what Mary Knew? An experimental study

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dc.contributor.authorGregory, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorHendrickx, Malte
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Cameron
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-06T01:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2022-10-16T07:26:53Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports the results of an experimental philosophy study of intuitions among members of the general US population regarding a version of Frank Jackson’s famous ‘Mary in the black and white room’ thought experiment. A large majority of respondents (82.1%, significantly above chance) reported having the intuition which is critical to the thought experiment, i.e., that Mary does not know what it is like to see red before she actually sees red. The intuition was pervasive across demographic groups.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research has been supported by Gregory’s Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Hendrickx’s Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship from the Mercatus Center; and a grant from the Vereinigung der Freunde der Universität Tübingen e. V. (Association of Friends of the University of Tübingen).en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0951-5089en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/315759
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Groupen_AU
dc.rights© 2021 The authorsen_AU
dc.sourcePhilosophical Psychologyen_AU
dc.subjectKnowledge argumenten_AU
dc.subjectexperimental philosophyen_AU
dc.subjectmeta-problem of consciousnessen_AU
dc.subjectMary in the black and white roomen_AU
dc.titleWho knows what Mary Knew? An experimental studyen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage545en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage522en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGregory, Daniel, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingenen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHendrickx, Malte, University of Michiganen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationTurner, Cameron, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidTurner, Cameron, u5970708en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor500300 - Philosophyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB23946en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume35en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1080/09515089.2021.2001448en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85119476802
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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