When we think about what's going on in other people's minds, how they think of themselves, how they experience the world, there are few really objective tests that we can do.
This is all related to the theory of mind, to the question of other minds, all that stuff about P-zombies which I'm sure everyone is sick of by now. The way we deal with this, to have some confidence in what we can say about others, is largely not through objective tests but through intersubjectivity.
Though objectivity and intersubjectivity are different, we can still use the latter to form beliefs concerning what other people are like.
I believe what trans people say, but I believe it due to intersubjective experience, not objective tests. Nor do I think that an attempt to force objective tests into this area is appropriate. It's the wrong standard for what we're dealing with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersubje...Philosophy
This is all related to the theory of mind, to the question of other minds, all that stuff about P-zombies which I'm sure everyone is sick of by now. The way we deal with this, to have some confidence in what we can say about others, is largely not through objective tests but through intersubjectivity.
Though objectivity and intersubjectivity are different, we can still use the latter to form beliefs concerning what other people are like.
I believe what trans people say, but I believe it due to intersubjective experience, not objective tests. Nor do I think that an attempt to force objective tests into this area is appropriate. It's the wrong standard for what we're dealing with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersubje...Philosophy
