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How Did Mary Jackson Recognize The Color Red
I argue that Mary did learn something new when she experienced the color red for the first time which is the ability to recognize the color red, she learned to imagine the color red and she gained insight about other people’s experiences. I argue that Mary did learn something new when she experiences red for the first time which is she learned the ability to recognize the color red. Before leaving the room, Mary learned the physical properties about the brain in black and white and understands how the brain reacts when someone experiences red. Frank Jackson who created the knowledge argument asserts that not all information is physical therefore Mary does not have all the information on color vision. I agree with Jackson because how can Mary have all the information on color vision but have never experienced the color red before therefore not all properties are physical …show more content…
When Mary is released from the room and witnesses other objects that are red like a red car or a red tomato, she’ll realize how inadequate her conception of the mental life of other people has been all along. For example, when someone goes to a store to buy a red tomato, they buy it based off of size, feel and color that would make it ripe and now that Mary has the ability to see red, she now has an understanding of the thought process take people undertake to choose a tomato because Mary can see how red a tomato is which determines its ripeness and can determine for herself why someone decided to choose that particular tomato. Just by being able to see a color allows Mary to understand the thinking process people take and why they have certain experiences behind certain actions. She will now understand something about these people and their mental lives that she would be typically quite unaware of if she was still in the

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