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

On November 7, 2021 9:33:37 PM PST, [email protected] wrote:
>Eric inter alia,
>
> 
>
>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.  
>

-- 
glen ⛧


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