Full Idea
Imagine a being that learns everything about itself by watching itself in mirrors, rather than by proprioception and introspection. Surely it can get wet in a storm, even though allegedly distinctive routes of self-knowledge are not available to it?
Gist of Idea
We can acquire self-knowledge with mirrors, not just with proprioception and introspection
Source
Cappelen,H/Dever,Josh (The Inessential Indexical [2013], 09.3)
Book Reference
Cappelen,H/Dever,J: 'The Inessential Indexical' [OUP 2013], p.160
A Reaction
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