ability hypothesis

People who first experience qualities learn only practical knowledge {know-how}, but not facts, and gain abilities like imagining, remembering, and recognition {ability hypothesis}, with all other knowledge learned obtainable in other ways [Jackson, 1977] [Jackson, 1982] [Jackson, 1986]. Mary at least knows what it is like to experience at instant she is experiencing, though she probably cannot use the exact knowledge later. She knows phenomenal quality associated with name, and experience seems like a new fact about a mental state [Jackson, 1977] [Jackson, 1982] [Jackson, 1986].

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