Other Minds

work by Austin

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$optical illusion: refraction of light$
In epistemology: Mental and nonmental conceptions of knowledge
…in his 1946 paper “Other Minds.” Austin claimed that when one says “I know,” one is not describing a mental state; in fact, one is not “describing” anything at all. Instead, one is indicating that one is in a position to assert that such and such is the case…
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