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    It is not the case that The knowledge argument shows Mary learns a new fact upon seeing red, confirming phenomenal properties are not a priori entailed by complete physical descriptions.

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    • 1.Mary gains new *acquaintance knowledge* (knowing-what), not new *propositional knowledge* (knowing-that), so no new fact about physical properties emerges.
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    • 2.Mary's isolation was epistemic, not metaphysical—she learns new ways to access old facts, not that new non-physical facts exist.
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    • 3.The argument assumes physical knowledge must be expressible in neuroscientific terms, but phenomenal knowledge might be physical knowledge in different form.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Mary gains new information (what red looks like) despite already knowing all physical facts about color perception and neuroscience.
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    • 2.If phenomenal properties were entailed by physical descriptions, Mary couldn't learn anything new since she already had complete physical knowledge.
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    • 3.The subjective character of experience (qualia) appears absent from any objective physical description, however complete.
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