Lecture 2: The Sceptical Problem of Other Minds

This lecture focuses on the two standard responses to the problem of other minds: the argument from analogy and the inference to the best explanation. Obligatory Reading: Tye, M. 2016. Tense Bees and Shell-shocked Crabs (OUP), chapter 4. Additional Reading: Pargetter, R. 1984. The scientific inference to other minds, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 62: 158-63. The course is organized by the Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies / and Philosophy Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University / Lecturer: Prof. Timothy Bayne (Professor of Philosophy, Monash University (Melbourne)) / Music: D-pulse, album “Dancing Qualia” / Timeline: 0:07 - Recap of the previous lecture 1:06 - Hard times for the skeptical problem of other minds 03:00 - Understanding the skeptical problem of other minds 05:59 -