The Argument from Illusion
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Subjective and Objective
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Sometimes this problem is expressed in terms of the language we use to express statements about experience. We express our own (subjective) experience in first-person terms (for example, "I am seeing a blue banana"). We express beliefs about the experiences of other minds in third person terms (for example, "He is thinking about eating a ripe banana"). So the problem may be expressed that, given the validity and certainty of first person statements, we cannot infer the validity or certainty of third person statements. There is no bridge from the subjective to the objective. So we can also call this problem "entrapment within subjectivity". Only what is subjective is known; what is objective cannot be inferred from what is subjective.
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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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