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Feigning introspective blindness for thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Robert W. Lurz
Robert W. Lurz
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11218. rlurz@brooklyn.cuny.eduhttp://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/philo/Lurz.htm
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Abstract

I argue that the very reasons Carruthers gives for why the “mindreading is prior” account should allow introspective access to perceptual/quasi-perceptual states, can be given for thought, as well. I also argue that we have good subjectively accessible grounds for the intuition in introspective thoughts, notwithstanding Carruthers' argument to the contrary and his attempt to explain the intuition away.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 153 - 154
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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