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Other Minds – Is there anybody out there?
19 November 2025 All day
STRAND:WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? The Self in Philosophy
SPEAKER: Adian
Summary from Peter K, at the end of the term Philosopher’s Christmas term wrap-up:
“Idea of non-human minds (octopuses). How do we detect other minds? Wittgenstein – how do we detect our own minds – through collective language because of poor memories!) Andy Clark – we’re prediction machines actively interrogating and adjusting to the world – not blank vessels.”
Talk Slides and Notes:
20251119 Adrian – PPG Presentation – Other Minds – Speech – Word
20251119 Adrian – PPG Presentation – Other Minds – Speech – PDF
Peter K commented in the PPG Facebook page:
Thanks to Adrian for a romp through the philosophy of other minds – ranging from bats and octopuses to the various arguments from analogy that other minds exist to the latest thoughts from Andy Clark and the mind as a prediction machine as well as Ray Kurzweil and transhumanism.