Frank Cameron Jackson, born 31 August 1943, is an Australian analytic philosopher and Emeritus Professor in the School of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences, at the Australian National University, where he spent most of the latter part of his career; his primary research interests include epistemology, metaphysics, meta-ethics and the philosophy of mind, and in the latter field he is best known for the Mary's room knowledge argument, a thought experiment that is one of the most discussed challenges to physicalism.
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Frank Cameron Jackson was born on 31 August 1943 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Frank Cameron Jackson was born on 31 August 1943 in Melbourne, Australia.
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In 1982, F. C. Jackson offered what he calls the "knowledge argument" for qualia.
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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).
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