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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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Rudolf Carnap on Other Minds - Dictionary of Arguments
VI 186 Other minds/attribution/behaviorism/Carnap: 1st the attribution of behavior happens in relation to the body, it is not attributed to the soul 2nd the ascribed mental states are intrinsical! Not experiences of others. The whole series of experiences of other people consists in nothing more than a rearrangement of my experiences and their components. >Experience. VI 187 There is no other mind without a body. VI 70/71 Characteristics/definition/constitution/Carnap: Problem: e.g.other minds: the behavior is not the same as the other mind itself. Realism: the angry behavior is not the anger itself. >Description levels. Solution/Carnap: but one can transform all scientific (not metaphysical) statements about F into statements about K while retaining the logical value (truth value). Then F and K are logically identical. VI 72 A meaning for K that did not agree with F could not be given scientifically! (many authors VsCarnap). Carnap: this has to do with Leibniz's identity. VI 78/79 Other minds/Carnap: every psychic process, if it occurs as foreign psychic, is in principle recognizable (by behavior) or can be asked). Thus each statement can be transformed into a statement about the corresponding characteristics. It follows from this that all psychological objects can be traced back to physical objects (movements of expression, behaviour). VI 192 Intersubjectivity/Other minds/ascription/Carnap: through the statements of the other I not only learn the facts of the case, but also that it is known to the other. VI 193 Constitution: at no stage does something new enter the system through the information (behavior) of the other. There is only a rearrangement of the given elements. ((s) Otherwise the behaviour would be incomprehensible.) VI 194 The whole attribution never leaves the psychic basis. The constitutional system of the other branches off at a high level. >Constitution system. VI 194 Other Mindes/world/attribution/Carnap: between my world and the world of the other exists a certain analogy, his constitutional system is only a part of my own! ((s) Because I can only attribute my own experiences.) >Self-attribution/Chisholm. VI 233 Other minds/Carnap: the foreign psychic is ascribed to the other as his own psychic._____________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. |
Ca I R. Carnap Die alte und die neue Logik In Wahrheitstheorien, G. Skirbekk (Hg), Frankfurt 1996 Ca II R. Carnap Philosophie als logische Syntax In Philosophie im 20.Jahrhundert, Bd II, A. Hügli/P.Lübcke (Hg), Reinbek 1993 Ca IV R. Carnap Mein Weg in die Philosophie Stuttgart 1992 Ca IX Rudolf Carnap Wahrheit und Bewährung. Actes du Congrès International de Philosophie Scientifique fasc. 4, Induction et Probabilité, Paris, 1936 In Wahrheitstheorien, Gunnar Skirbekk, Frankfurt/M. 1977 Ca VI R. Carnap Der Logische Aufbau der Welt Hamburg 1998 CA VII = PiS R. Carnap Sinn und Synonymität in natürlichen Sprachen In Zur Philosophie der idealen Sprache, J. Sinnreich (Hg), München 1982 Ca VIII (= PiS) R. Carnap Über einige Begriffe der Pragmatik In Zur Philosophie der idealen Sprache, J. Sinnreich (Hg), München 1982 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28