Frank Cameron Jackson

Frank Jackson
Born	Frank Cameron Jackson (1943-08-31) 31 August 1943 (age 80) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education	University of Melbourne (BA) La Trobe University (PhD)
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Doctoral advisor	Brian Ellis[1]
Main interests	Philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, and meta-ethics
Notable ideas	Mary's room

Frank Cameron Jackson AO FASSA FAHA FBA (born 31 August 1943) is an Australian analytic philosopher and Emeritus Professor in the School of Philosophy (Research School of Social Sciences) at Australian National University (ANU) where he had spent most of the latter part of his career. His primary research interests include epistemology, metaphysics, meta-ethics and the philosophy of mind. In the latter field he is best known for the "Mary's room" knowledge argument, a thought experiment that is one of the most discussed challenges to physicalism.