Ideas from 'What Mary Didn't Know' by Frank Jackson [1986], by Theme Structure

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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia
I say Mary does not have new knowledge, but knows an old fact in a new way [Perry]
Is it unfair that physicalist knowledge can be written down, but dualist knowledge can't be [Perry]
Mary knows all the physical facts of seeing red, but experiencing it is new knowledge