Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Davidson's anomalous monism similarly entails that mental... — Carmelics
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Supports→Self-verifying judgments satisfy the truth-tracking condition (TC) and therefore cannot be used to argue against self-knowledge via TC

    Davidson's anomalous monism similarly entails that mental content is individuated holistically, making self-referential thought ascriptions immune to the divergence TC requires for epistemic failure.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.

    No one has weighed in yet. Be the first to share reasons for or against this statement.

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Key Terms

    Davidson
    # Davidson Davidson most commonly refers to **Donald Davidson** (1917-2003), an influential American philosopher known for his work on the philosophy of mind and language. He developed important theories about how our thoughts connect to the physical world and how we understand meaning in language and communication. His ideas have shaped modern philosophy by challenging the view that the mind is completely separate from physical reality.
    Individuated holistically(as how mental content gets its meaning)
    Determined or defined by looking at how something fits into a whole system, rather than by looking at it in isolation; for thoughts, this means what a thought means depends on all your other thoughts and beliefs, not just that one thought alone.
    Self-referential thought ascriptions(as thoughts that are protected from a certain problem)
    Statements where you assign a thought to yourself that is about yourself or your own mind—like saying 'I think that I am confused.'
    TC(Twofold evolution from the original Conditional Jury Theorem)

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Explore a random proposition
    Start fresh with something unrelated.
    A weakened competence premise in the Conditional Jury Theorem, replacing the original unconditional competence assumption with a conditional one
    anomalous monism(Davidson's position distinguishing it from standard type identity theories)
    A form of token identity theory holding that mental events are identical to physical events, but mental descriptions do not participate in strict causal laws due to the anomalous (non-law-governed) nature of intentional predicates.
    epistemic failure(describing a problem with what we know)
    A failure in knowledge or understanding—when we don't know something we should, or we believe something false.
    mental content(Davidsonian account)
    The content of propositional mental states such as belief, determined through causal relations between speakers and objects in the world and through the rational integration of speakers' behaviour.

    Connections

    2 topics

    Truth & Knowledge1 linkedSkepticism1 linked

    Related

    Self-verifying judgments satisfy the truth-tracking condition (TC) and therefore...

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    0 (0 for, 0 against)
    Edits
    1 edit

    Open for perspectives

    This idea is waiting for its first supporting or challenging perspective.

    Share the first perspective