[FRIAM] The Possibility of Self Knowledgke

[⛧ glen]

The essential element of "cringe" is inadequate self-self feedback.

On November 7, 2021 9:33:37 PM PST, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
>Eric inter alia,
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>The position I have taken concerning self knowledge is that all knowledge is of the form of inferences made from evidence.  To the extent that some sources of knowledge may lead to better inferences-- may better prepare the organism for what follows--  some may be more privileged than others, but that privilege needs to be demonstrated.  Being in the same body as the knowing system does not grant  the  knowing system any a priori privilege.  If you have followed me so far, then a self-knowing system is using sensors to infer (fallibly) the state of itself.  So if Glen and Marcus concede that this is the only knowledge we ever get about anything, than I will eagerly concede that this is “self-knowledge”.  It’s only if you claim that self-knowing is of a different character than other-knowing, that we need to bicker further.  I stipulate that my point is trivial, but not that it’s false.  
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glen ⛧