Lexicon of Arguments

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Frank I 61f
Introspection/Lewis: necessarily infallible! - Shoemaker: consciousness of desires and beliefs is not physical.
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V 312
Rationality/Lewis: "rational action" is not so rational at all, all in all, there is more to it: e.g. self-knowledge, and the will to learn from experience.
If the introspection convinces the actor that the data is his own, then nothing will persuade him to distrust them.
Partial rationality: if we take out self-knowledge, then a moderate >Newcomb paradox can emerge.
E.M.Forster: "How can I say what I think before I see what I say?
Thought Experiment/Self-identification/Lewis: No effort of thought experiments can provide as much self-knowledge as the real object.

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