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Posted by kefalos on June 17, 19101 at 13:02:46:
In Reply to: Are you dreaming? posted by JJdag on April 25, 19101 at 15:56:48:
: If I know that there is a world outside of my mind, the
: n I know that there are other minds or I know that there
: are physical objects
: If I know that there are other minds then I should be
: able to perceive these minds. I am not able to perceive these minds (I only infer that other minds exist on the basis that other people behave the way I behave.) Thus, I do not know that there are other minds.
: If I know that there are physical objects, then I know
: I am not dreaming of these objects. After all, if I am
: dreaming, then these objects belong to the world of my
: mind and not the world outside of my mind). If I know
: that I am not dreaming of objects, then there must be
: some means by which I can distinguish my dream states
: from my waking states. There is no such means. Thus,
: I do not know that there are physical objects.
: There fore, I do not know that there is a world outside
: of my mind.
You should maybe explain better your identification between perception and knowledge...see Plato's "Teetetus"