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How do we know whether there are minds besides our own? The problem of other minds raises many questions which are at the heart of all our philosophical investigations - how it is we know, what is the mind and can we be certain about any of our beliefs? In this analysis of other minds the author traces the question from the ancient sceptics through to Descartes, Malebranche, Locke, Berkeley, Reid, and Wittgenstein. The second part of the book then investigates the views of influential contemporary philosophers such as Strawson, Davidson, Nagel and Searle.

How do we know whether there are other minds besides our own? The problem of other minds raises many questions which are at the root of all philosophical investigations - how it is we know, what is the mind and can we be certain about any of our beliefs?
In this compelling analysis of 'other minds' Anita Avramides traces the question from the Ancient Sceptics through to Descartes, Malebranche, Locke, Berkeley, Reid and Wittgenstein. The second part of the book explores the views of influential contemporary philosophers such as Strawson, Davidson, Nagel and Searle.
Other Minds...

We all take it for granted that we are typically in a position to know about the thoughts and feelings of other people. But we might naturally wonder how we acquire this kind of knowledge. Knowing Other Minds brings together ten original chapters, written by internationally renowned researchers, on questions that arise from our everyday social interaction with others. Can we have direct perceptual knowledge of another person's thoughts? How do we acquire general conceptions of mental states? What lessons can be drawn from experimental work in developmental psychology? Are there fundamental...