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Intuitionists about other minds claim that
{ 1 } - statements about the thoughts and feelings of others can be translated into statements about their behavior.
{ 2 } - we can know what others think or feel by a special intuition of their inner states.
{ 3 } - facts about behavior can be evidence for beliefs about the thoughts and feelings of others.
{ 4 } - we have no knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of others.
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Intuitionists about other minds claim that
{ 1 } - statements about the thoughts and feelings of others can be translated into statements about their behavior.
{ 2 } - we can know what others think or feel by a special intuition of their inner states.
{ 3 } - facts about behavior can be evidence for beliefs about the thoughts and feelings of others.
{ 4 } - we have no knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of others.
This is reductionism, not intuitionism.
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Intuitionists about other minds claim that
{ 1 } - statements about the thoughts and feelings of others can be translated into statements about their behavior.
{ 2 } - we can know what others think or feel by a special intuition of their inner states.
{ 3 } - facts about behavior can be evidence for beliefs about the thoughts and feelings of others.
{ 4 } - we have no knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of others.
The intuitionist could argue this way:
We have knowledge of what others think or feel.
Experience and reason don't yield such knowledge.
So we have an additional source of knowledge.
But this additional source of knowledge is hard to locate.
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Intuitionists about other minds claim that
{ 1 } - statements about the thoughts and feelings of others can be translated into statements about their behavior.
{ 2 } - we can know what others think or feel by a special intuition of their inner states.
{ 3 } - facts about behavior can be evidence for beliefs about the thoughts and feelings of others.
{ 4 } - we have no knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of others.
This is critical cognitivism, not intuitionism.
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Intuitionists about other minds claim that
{ 1 } - statements about the thoughts and feelings of others can be translated into statements about their behavior.
{ 2 } - we can know what others think or feel by a special intuition of their inner states.
{ 3 } - facts about behavior can be evidence for beliefs about the thoughts and feelings of others.
{ 4 } - we have no knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of others.
This is skepticism, not intuitionism.
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