@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Burge,Tyler}, subject = {Deceptions}, note = {Frank I 687 Deception/Descartes/Burge: Descartes points to a causal gap between the world and effects. Different external causes can produce the same effects. Descartes: the causes differ from what we think about them. Individualism: wants to conclude that our thoughts about the world are wrong. BurgeVsIndividualism: but we know what thoughts we have, even if they are false. I.e. we also know in counterfactual situations which thoughts we have. (Twin Earth). Anti-individualism thesis in counterfactual situations, however, we have different thoughts than in the current situation (twin earth). According to Descartes, anti-individualism must therefore be wrong. For individualism: >Internalism; cf. >Externalism. Tyler Burge (1988a): Individualism and Self-Knowledge, in: The Journal of Philosophy 85 (1988), 649-663}, note = { Burge I T. Burge Origins of Objectivity Oxford 2010 Burge II Tyler Burge "Two Kinds of Consciousness" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Fra I M. Frank (Hrsg.) Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=351997} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=351997} }