The argument regarding Mary's room is formalized as: (1) upon seeing the colour red, Mary gains new knowledge of the world; (2) the fact that Mary can only gain this knowledge by acquaintance demonstrates that the experiential fact of what it is like to see red does not logically supervene on physical facts; (3) therefore, facts about consciousness are further facts about the world over and above the physical facts.

Authors

• Person: David Chalmers Organization: Oxford University Press
  The Conscious Mind - Wikipedia

Sources

• The Conscious Mind - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org David Chalmers · Oxford University Press via serper

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• consciousness concept
• physical facts concept