Philosophy A-Level
First-person certainty of mental states
What First-person certainty of mental states means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of First-person certainty of mental states
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The claim that you cannot seriously doubt that you are now having some experience, thought or sensation, whatever else is uncertain.
Topics that use First-person certainty of mental states
- Physicalist theories (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Eliminative materialism
- Folk psychology
- Hempel's logical analysis of psychology
- Implications for physicalist theories
- Inference to the best explanation
- Knowledge by direct access versus inference
- Knowledge of other minds
- Ordinary-language analysis of mental talk
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