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Single Idea 18421
[filed under theme 16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self
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Full Idea
The guarantee of immunity from error in prioprioception is only as strong as the guarantee that proprioception only ever represents the proprioceiving agent.
Clarification
'Proprioception' is awareness of your own body (usually!)
Gist of Idea
Proprioception is only immune from error if you are certain that it represents the agent
Source
Cappelen,H/Dever,Josh (The Inessential Indexical [2013], 07.1)
Book Ref
Cappelen,H/Dever,J: 'The Inessential Indexical' [OUP 2013], p.132
A Reaction
This is part of an interesting and sustained attack on the idea that self-knowledge is immune from error. They are thinking of science-fictiony situations where I am wired up to experience your leg movement. My experiences usually track me, that's all.
The
19 ideas
from 'The Inessential Indexical'
18404
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It is assumed that indexical content is needed to represent the perspective of perception
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18405
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A 'teepee' argument has several mutually supporting planks to it
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18406
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The basic Kaplan view is that there is truth-conditional content, and contextual character
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18408
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Indexicals are just non-constant in meaning, and don't involve any special concepts
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18407
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Indexicality is not significantly connected to agency
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18411
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It is proposed that a huge range of linguistic items are context-sensitive
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18413
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Fregeans can't agree on what 'senses' are
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18414
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Fregeans say 'I' differs in reference, so it must also differ in sense
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18417
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Possible worlds accounts of content are notoriously coarse-grained
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18420
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We deny that action involves some special class of beliefs
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18419
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Folk Functionalism is a Ramsification of our folk psychology
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18421
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Proprioception is only immune from error if you are certain that it represents the agent
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18422
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Prioprioception focuses on your body parts, not on your self, or indexicality
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18423
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All indexicals can be expressed non-indexically
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18425
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We can acquire self-knowledge with mirrors, not just with proprioception and introspection
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18427
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If some of our thought is tied to its context, it will be hard to communicate it
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18426
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All information is objective, and purely indexical information is not much use
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18428
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You don't remember your house interior just from an experienced viewpoint
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18429
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Our beliefs and desires are not organised around ourselves, but around the world
[Cappelen/Dever]
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