Continental Philosophy Review

, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 65–80 | Cite as

Other minds embodied

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Abstract

I distinguish three kinds of other minds problems—conceptual, epistemological and empirical. I argue that while Merleau-Ponty believes embodiment helps with tackling the conceptual and epistemological problems, he suggests that it is of no clear use in solving (an important variant of) the empirical problem. I sketch some considerations that could lend support to Merleau-Ponty’s claims about the conceptual and epistemological problems, without claiming that these are conclusive. I then proceed to argue that Merleau-Ponty’s take on the empirical problem is essentially correct.

Keywords

Body Embodiment Other minds Merleau-Ponty 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark

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