Russell � The argument from analogy

Greg Detre

Wednesday, 24 May, 2000

BPhil seminar

other minds = shorthand for the existence of thoughts and feelings that other subjects have

vs specific inference to a person, with unity over time

= the difference between seeing other people as zombies

isn�t it the mental phenomenological side that you�re looking for in other people?

and there�s evidence of that in their vivid descriptions of it

basic notion of mind as: bundle of mental atoms

vs unified temporal perspective on the world

 

substance/property dualism???

which came first?