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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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Terrence W. Deacon on Other Minds - Dictionary of Arguments
I 424 Foreign psychical/Deacon: information about the inner states of other individuals are all indirect. >Attribution, >Foreign attribution, cf. >Self-attribution, >First person. I 425 However, if we look at the problem as a representation problem, we find that both, the representation of foreign and one's own states, depends entirely on the nature of the representation processes. So it is more about what kind of representation is involved. >Representation. When thinking and experience are information processes, the representation of one's own and foreign states is the same problem. >Thinking, >World/thinking, >Experience, >Sensory impressions. I 426 The ability to take a foreign perspective is not innate. >Perspective, >Innateness._____________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. |
Dea I T. W. Deacon The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of language and the Brain New York 1998 Dea II Terrence W. Deacon Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter New York 2013 |
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> Counter arguments against Deacon
> Counter arguments in relation to Other Minds
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-29