Objective Direct and Indirect Evidence, and Subjective Inferences

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@Jim

I think Joshua was referring to the problem of other minds, not one’s own mind.

Would apply both ways. If someone acknowledges his own mind, then it follows logically that he would have to acknowledge other minds, unless he’s a solipsist which I address below.

Actually no. We have direct experience of our own minds. We do not have comparable experience of other minds. We have no evidence to disprove the theory that some or all others are philosophical zombies.