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    Challenges→A thought about one's mental state is not immune to error through misidentification when it is grounded in testimony rather than introspection.

    A testimony-grounded thought like 'I am anxious' can still be IEM regarding self-reference even if the anxiety's character is misreported, since the subject-identification is not in question.

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    Character (of an emotion or experience)(philosophy of mind)
    The specific qualities or 'feel' of something—for example, anxiety might feel shaky or tight, which is its character.
    IEM(as the main concept being explained)
    Short for 'Immunity to Error through Misidentification'—the idea that when you think about your own experiences (like 'I am in pain'), you can't be wrong about *who* is having that experience, even if you're wrong about other details.
    Misreported(epistemology and self-knowledge)
    Described or stated incorrectly; for example, saying your anxiety feels one way when it actually feels different.
    Self-reference(the problem Tarski's system solves)
    When a statement or rule refers to itself, which can sometimes create logical contradictions (like the classic 'this sentence is false').

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    Subject-identification(philosophy of mind and self-knowledge)
    The act of figuring out or confirming who the person is that you're talking about—in this case, knowing that 'I' refers to yourself.
    Testimony-grounded thought(epistemology (how we know things))
    A belief or idea that comes from what someone reports about their own experience, like when you say 'I am anxious' based on noticing your own feelings.

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