The argument from analogy for the existence of other minds posits that because an individual knows their own mental states are correlated with their own behavior, they can infer that similar behavior in others is accompanied by similar mental states.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• mental states concept
• behavior concept