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    It is not the case that Burge's arthritis case demonstrates that subjects are authoritative about their mental states under their own concepts, not under some narrow re-description that abstracts away from social-linguistic context.

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    • 1.The subject's error about arthritis location shows he lacks authoritative access even to his occurrent mental content under his own concept.
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    • 2.Authority over narrow mental states (intrinsic properties) is distinct from authority over content-laden thoughts dependent on external factors.
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    • 3.If subjects are authoritative only 'under their own concepts,' this risks circularity: their concepts may themselves be distorted or partially confused.
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    • 1.Subjects use concepts learned through social-linguistic practice, so authority over mental states requires understanding those concepts in context.
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    • 2.Burge's subject correctly applies 'arthritis' to his condition based on community standards, showing conceptual competence matters for self-knowledge.
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    • 3.Denying first-person authority under socially-constituted concepts undermines the ordinary sense in which people know their own minds.
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