{"id":2740,"date":"2020-11-01T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2024-12-02T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T15:45:52","slug":"marys-room-and-the-outside-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/?p=2740","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMary\u2019s room and the outside world&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Abstract Art by Maya Prabhakar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:62% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"893\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-893x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2741 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-893x1024.jpg 893w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-768x881.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1339x1536.jpg 1339w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1785x2048.jpg 1785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The knowledge argument (also known as Mary\u2019s room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article \u201cEpiphenomenal Qualia\u201d (1982) and extended in \u201cWhat Mary<br>Didn\u2019t Know\u201d (1986). The experiment is intended to argue against physicalism\u2014the view that the universe, including all that is mental, is entirely<br>physical.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"893\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1-893x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2742 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1-893x1024.jpg 893w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1-768x881.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1-1339x1536.jpg 1339w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AbstractArt21-1-1785x2048.jpg 1785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>About the Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Maya Prabhakar is a DST WOS-A<br>Fellow at the Indian Institute of<br>Astrophysics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract Art by Maya Prabhakar The knowledge argument (also known as Mary\u2019s room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article \u201cEpiphenomenal Qualia\u201d (1982) and extended in \u201cWhat MaryDidn\u2019t Know\u201d (1986). The experiment is intended to argue against physicalism\u2014the view that the universe, including all that is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[112,96,95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2743,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions\/2743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}