Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (April 4, 1872 - July 25, 1947) was an Americanbirth control activist and pacifist. She formed the Voluntary Parenthood League and the group lobbied until 1926 for a bill that would exempt birth control information and materials from federal censorship laws. April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Birth control describes an effort to prevent or reduce the likelyhood of becoming a parent to a natural-born child. ... Pacifist may mean: an advocate of pacifism. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1928 she was indicted under the Comstock law for distributing her pamphlet, The Sex Side of Life, which explained human reproduction to adolescents. In 1930 Judge Augustus Hand of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned her conviction, and setting a legal precedent that took intent into account when evaluating obscenity. Dennett's trial was part of a series of rulings that culminated in the 1936 ruling in U.S. v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries, which exempted birth control information and materials from obscenity laws when utilized by physicians. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Comstock Law was a 19th century United States law that made it illegal to send any obscene, lewd, or lascivious books through the mail. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Augustus Hand was the name of the following people: Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (1803 - 1878), a U.S. Congressman from New York. ... The United States Courts of Appeals (or circuit courts) are the mid-level appellate courts of the United States federal court system. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Reference
Rosen, R. L. Dennett, Mary Coffin Ware. American National Biography Online, Feb. 2000.
On another version of the view that the complete-knowledge claim is false, Marys science lectures allow her to deduce the truths involving structural-dynamical properties of physical phenomena, but not their intrinsic properties.
For example, instead of explaining Marys epistemic progress in terms of newly acquired abilities, he might argue that her progress is an illusion; in other words, he might reject the learning claim.
Criticism 6a: Mary cannot deduce certain phenomenal truths from the complete physical truth only because she lacks the relevant concepts, such as the concept of phenomenal redness.
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