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Philosophers of /lit/ where do you stand on the Mary’s Room thought experiment? I for one definitely think that Mary’s experience of another color would have taught her something new

>>12745732
And, if these are answered sufficiently one could say the the MPDG is the antithesis of the writer. And as such, with a thesis and an antithesis, what would be the synthesis between these two beings?

Is there a good, short introduction to the Hegelian dialectic? I mean something beyond "it's just the thesis - antithesis - synthesis bro!"

"Hegel, installed from above, by the powers that be, as the certified Great Philosopher, was a flat-headed, insipid, nauseating, illiterate charlatan who reached the pinnacle of audacity in scribbling together and dishing up the craziest mystifying nonsense. This nonsense has been noisily proclaimed as immortal wisdom by mercenary followers and readily accepted as such by all fools, who thus joined into as perfect a chorus of admiration as had ever been heard before. The extensive field of spiritual influence with which Hegel was furnished by those in power has enabled him to achieve the intellectual corruption of an whole generation."
- The World as Will and Idea, vol. 2 (1844)

>>9381327
Deal with it.