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Mary the Color Scientist

Mary the Color Scientist

You're about to read a short passage from Frank Jackson's 1982 paper "Epiphenomenal Qualia," *The Philosophical Quarterly* 32 (1982): 127–136, and answer a single question about it — then a few questions about your answer. There are no right or wrong answers; just say what you think, and be ready to say why. At the end you'll have the option to send your instructor a transcript.

▸About this simulation & how to play

An experimental version of this way of investigating thought experiments is developed in Nat Hansen, Kathryn B. Francis, and Hamish Greening, "Socratic Questionnaires," in Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy, Volume 5, ed. Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols (Oxford University Press, 2024), 331–374, doi.org/10.1093/9780198918905.003.0014.