TY - JOUR
T1 - Who Knows What Mary Knew? An Experimental Study
AU - Gregory, Daniel
AU - Hendrickx, Malte
AU - Turner, Cameron
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This 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.
AB - This 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.
KW - Knowledge argument
KW - Experimental philosophy
KW - Meta-problem of consciousness
KW - Mary in the black and white room
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2021.2001448
U2 - 10.1080/09515089.2021.2001448
DO - 10.1080/09515089.2021.2001448
M3 - Article
SN - 0951-5089
VL - 35
SP - 522
EP - 545
JO - Philosophical Psychology
JF - Philosophical Psychology
ER -