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Philosophy Of Mind
Entries tagged philosophy of mind.
4 entries
Thought experiment
Mary's Room
A scientist who knows every physical fact about color but has only seen black and white: when she first sees red, does she learn something new, and if so, is physicalism false?
10 min
ThinkerRené Descartes
The philosopher who tried to rebuild all knowledge from a single unshakable point, and found it in the one thing doubt could not touch: the doubter.
12 min
Thought experimentThe Chinese Room
A man who processes Chinese by rulebook without understanding a word shows that running the right program is not the same as understanding.
9 min
ConceptThe Hard Problem of Consciousness
Why does any physical process in the brain feel like something from the inside, rather than going on in the dark?
9 min