The Analogue of Mary the Color Scientist

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The question is from the physicalist point of view, like myself, someone who does not think that the experience of seeing colors is anything other than some way of talking about what happens in our brains at the physical level. What we might learn is the difference between learning facts about color and quote unquote, experiencing the color. Those are different things. We might learn something about how they're different.

Welcome to the April 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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