So I can only conclude that in all important respects, neither the presence nor absence of other minds is metaphysically conceivable. — sime
So I can only conclude that in all important respects, neither the presence nor absence of other minds is metaphysically conceivable. — sime
It is certainly conceivable - you've done that. But whether it is completely knowable - in a way that your logicism wants to demand - is another question. — apokrisis
So that goes to the issue of what counts as knowledge. As a Pragmatist, my view is that it is what you cannot doubt in your heart. It is what you would actually be willing to act upon in confidence. — apokrisis
The analogical approach to 'other minds' is a common approach, but is beset by a problem which is equally often pointed out: what motivates the application of the analogy to begin with, if you did not already recognise the 'other mind' in the first place? In other words, aren't you simply assuming your conclusion? — StreetlightX
What about children relating in earnest to dolls, robots, cartoon characters and teapots? — sime
I am free to perceive someone as a person as i naturally do and to feel empathy towards them in a pragmatic fashion, but I am also free to perceive them as a zombie in a critical fashion and to deconstruct their speech acts into acoustic blasts, and analyse away their appearance into moving edges and changing colour blobs. — sime
Mustn’t logical concepts be isomorphic to the structure of empirical observations to have sense and use value? — sime
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