Philosophy A-Level
Physicalist reply
What Physicalist reply means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Physicalist reply
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The response that Mary gains ability knowledge but no new propositional knowledge, so her complete physical information was complete after all.
Topics that use Physicalist reply
- Dualist theories (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ability knowledge
- Acquaintance knowledge
- Argument evaluation
- Complete physical information
- Conceivability and possibility
- Consciousness and physicalism
- Critique of the zombie argument
- Knowledge argument structure
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