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Ideas for Herodotus, Quentin Smith and Bertrand Russell
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds
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It is hard not to believe that speaking humans are expressing thoughts, just as we do ourselves [Russell]
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Other minds seem to exist, because their testimony supports realism about the world [Russell, by Grayling]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy
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If we didn't know our own minds by introspection, we couldn't know that other people have minds [Russell]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind
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It is good to generalise truths as much as possible [Russell]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 7. Seeing Resemblance
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I learn the universal 'resemblance' by seeing two shades of green, and their contrast with red [Russell]
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