The Argument from Illusion
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The Problem of Other Consciousnesses
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Perhaps this should be called "the problem of other consciousnesses". If by "having a mind" we mean "behaving in the way that objects with minds behave" then there is no problem of other minds. Those objects have minds that behave in the way that objects that have minds behave. However, our problem is that we do not know whether an object that behaves as if it has a mind, actually is conscious. Here is the problem of "other consciousnesses": since we are only conscious of what is presented to our own minds, and not conscious of what is presented to other minds, we do not know (for certain) that other minds (consciousnesses) exist. Since every experience is my own experience, and I am not directly acquainted with the subjective experience of any other person, I cannot know, for certain, that other minds (consciousnesses) exist.
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Contents of
The Argument from Illusion
1 The Problem of Other Consciousnesses
2 Subjective and Objective
3 Berkeley: The Principles of Human Knowledege
4 Esse est Percipi
5 The Argument from Illusion in Descartes and Hume
6 Descartes - Sceptical Arguments - Sense Deception
7 Descartes Dream Scepticism
8 J. L. Austen: Sense and Sensibilia
9 The Argument from Illusion in Berkeley and Hume
10 Entrapment within Subjectivity
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