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Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

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CHAPTER: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

8 The Problem of Other Minds 210
     
8.1 Introduction 210
     
8.2 Induction and the argument from analogy 213
     
8.3 Wittgenstein’s attack on the argument from analogy 216
     
8.4 The other minds problem and the impossibility of a logically private language 219
     
8.5 The details of Wittgenstein’s attack
8.5.1 Inner ostensive definition
8.5.2 ‘Tove’ and the impossibility of private ostensive definition

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8.6 The impossibility of private rule-following 228
     
8.7 How do mental terms acquire their meaning?
8.7.1 The criterial approach
8.7.2 Mental terms replace behaviour
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8.8 P. F. Strawson’s attempted solution to the other minds problem 236
     
Questions to think about 239
     
Suggestions for further reading 240


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