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> If we were to show Mary a blue banana instead, she would not be fooled; she would know that it had the wrong colour, argues Daniel Dennett, in what he coined
by distcs 4y ago
> If we were to show Mary a blue banana instead, she would not be fooled; she would know that it had the wrong colour, argues Daniel Dennett, in what he coined the ‘blue banana trick’.
Why won't she be fooled? Is it because she already knows that a banana has a different color than the sky and she knows the sky is light blue?
- pdonis 4y ago> Why won't she be fooled? Because she has complete knowledge of all physical facts. Dennett is a physicalist, and to a physicalist, perception and experience are physical processes. So Mary has complete knowledge of them. That includes complete knowledge of what she will experience in response to any physical stimulus. > Is it because she already knows that a banana has a different color than the sky and she knows the sky is light blue? That's one tiny piece of the physical facts that she knows, yes.