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Ideas for 'Three Varieties of Knowledge', 'Language,Truth and Logic' and 'The Concept of Law'

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / b. Scepticism of other minds

5177	Other minds are 'metaphysical' objects, because I can never observe their experiences [Ayer]

8866	If we know other minds through behaviour, but not our own, we should assume they aren't like me [Davidson]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds

5178	A conscious object is by definition one that behaves in a certain way, so behaviour proves consciousness [Ayer]

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Knowing other minds rests on knowing both one's own mind and the external world [Davidson, by Dummett]