?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Solving+the+Mind-Body+Problem+-+The+Real+Significance+of+the+Knowledge+Argument&rft.creator=Nicholson%2C+Dennis&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+Knowledge+Argument+is+misconstructed.+Knowing+that+it+is+%E2%80%98just+obvious%E2%80%99+that+Mary+will+learn+something+new+on+leaving+her+black+and+white+room%2C+we+nevertheless+assume+she+can+acquire+a+complete+knowledge+of+the+physical+inside+it+%E2%80%93+thereby+predetermining+the+outcome+of+the+thought+experiment+in+favour+of+a+refutation+of+physicalism.+If+we+reformulate+the+argument+to+leave+the+question+of+what+she+can+learn+in+the+room+open%2C+it+becomes+clear%2C+not+only+that+physicalism+can+survive+the+Knowledge+Argument%2C+but+also+that+there+is+only+one+perspective+on+the+relationship+between+qualia+and+the+physical+that+will+permit+it+to+do+so.+If+physicalism+is+true%2C+this+perspective+must+be+the+correct+view+of+the+qualia-physical+relationship+%E2%80%93+the+solution+to+the+mind-body+problem%2C+a+conclusion+supported+by+its+ability+to+resolve+a+number+of+associated+difficulties%2C+including+Kripke%E2%80%99s+problem+for+proposed+identities+and+Chalmers%E2%80%99+Hard+Problem.+&rft.date=2003-05&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2951%2F2%2Fkarealsig0webfp.htm&rft.identifier=++Nicholson%2C+Dennis++(2003)+Solving+the+Mind-Body+Problem+-+The+Real+Significance+of+the+Knowledge+Argument.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2951%2F