Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 259f
Introspection/Strawson/Danto: we only know how much we weigh or what the temperature is by means of instruments. The mind is even more deceptive: memory deceives us, we repress our feelings and are capable of self-deception.
>P.F. Strawson, >Self-knowledge, >Delusion, >Illusion.
I 256
Introspection: For example, one can have pain on amputated limbs. There is no reason why an inner sense should be more authoritative than an outer one.
>Privileged access, >First person, >Pain.
I 263f
VsBehaviorism: if we defined expressions like anger or love absolutely and totally in terms of behavior, then there would be no difference between these expressions and those we use to describe people: blonde, fat, tall etc. Now we do not apply these terms to ourselves on the same basis.
Cf. >Behaviorism.
I 264
In how we ascribe such expressions to ourselves and to others, there really are differences, whereas there are no such differences in terms of temperature or weight.
>Self-knowledge, >Self-identification.