Philosophy A-Level
Self-refutation
What Self-refutation means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Self-refutation
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The charge that stating the theory undercuts its own utterance, since if it is true there are no beliefs to hold it.
Topics that use Self-refutation
- Physicalist theories (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Eliminative materialism
- First-person certainty of mental states
- 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
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