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Other Minds
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....ophical enigma. It is apt to
strike children with no philosophical education whatsoever, yet remains
intractable to many academics. Broadly speaking, the problem can be
divided into three questions. Firstly, how do I come to believe that there
are minds in the world other than my own? Secondly, how can I justify my
bel.... Part 2 of Paper
....nds exist, or that I know others’ mental states. This is not
what should be aimed at in attempting to solve the problem. As Austin puts
it "To suppose that the question ‘How do I know that Tom is angry?’ is
meant to mean ‘How do I introspect Tom’s feelings?’ is simply barking up
the wrong gum-tree."
Most philosophers agree that their theories only bestow a greater or
lesser amount of probability onto statements about other minds (although
there are exceptions, e.g. Peter Strawson’.... |
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