Mary's Room and The Hard Problem

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<p>This paper presents a critique of traditional philosophical approaches to qualia, particularly the thought experiment known as "Mary's Room." It argues that such thought experiments are built on flawed foundations that ignore the practical, biological, and evolutionary nature of perception. We posit that perception, whether chromatic or achromatic, is a functionally rich tool shaped by natural selection for sur...

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• Child Development
• Child, Preschool
• Emotions
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Phenotype
• Self Concept
• Brain

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Literature Corpus work

d4183e01-6cab-55c0-9c14-e2b4087cf5c6

DOI

10.31234/osf.io/btneq_v1