2007 Lecture 6: Knowing what we are thinking

10/07/2008 1h 1min
2007 Lecture 6: Knowing what we are thinking

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Episode Synopsis

The sixth lecture will try to resolve a familiar tension between externalism about mental content and the assumption that we have some kind of privileged knowledge of the contents of our own thoughts. I will look at the "slow switching" scenarios, and consider what they show about the role of propositional content in characterizing mental states.