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| Other minds, philosophy: in relation to the mind of other persons, it is about the extent to which experiences and thoughts of others are recognizable to us. See also Privileged access, First person, Consciousness, Perception, Qualia, Perspective, Objectivity, Subjectivity, Inverted spectra, Theory of Mind._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ruth Millikan on Other Minds - Dictionary of Arguments
I 202 Understanding/psychychology/attribution/Millikan: I can model the thoughts of others by making a disengaged use of words. By modeling the relation of your thoughts to the world, I come to an understanding. >Understanding/Millikan, cf. >Intersubjetivity. My inner sentences can then have the same meaning as the representations in your head. That is, I understand by imitation. I 203 Phlogiston/nderstanding/Millikan: through such an imitation we best understand the use of the word "phlogiston" in the 18th century. Empty term/empty expression/Millikan: N.B.: for the people of the 18th century "Phlogiston" was an empty term, but not for us! ((s) At the time, it did not designate anything, today it designates a historical use). Cf. >Incommensurability. _____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Millikan I R. G. Millikan Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism Cambridge 1987 Millikan II Ruth Millikan "Varieties of Purposive Behavior", in: Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals, R. W. Mitchell, N. S. Thomspon and H. L. Miles (Eds.) Albany 1997, pp. 189-1967 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28