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Some philosophers' perspective · Subjective approach to studying the mind doesn't work

We should try to study the mind based on hard data that's observable rather than purely subjective descriptions of feelings.

Other philosophers' perspective · Knowledge includes subjective experience, so no reason to look only to objective data

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Difficult to reconcile · Each side starts from different assumptions

Thus, genuine communication between the two sides is almost impossible.

Analogy · The two sides are like adherents to different religions

Each side believes its own religious texts; we can't resolve a debate by just looking at the texts themselves. To resolve the debate, we need to investigate the authority of the texts.

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How to reconcile · Investigate the authority of the subjective and objective perspectives

We should engage in epistomelogy (the study of knowledge) to better understand how to approach knowledge about the mind.

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Critique or debate

Problem-analysis

21.

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Main point

In a Problem-Analysis passage, if the author offers a solution, the main point is typically the author’s solution. Here, the author proposes a solution to help resolve the debate between subjectivist and objectivists: investigate the authority of their differing perspectives.

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This takes the side of the objectivists. But the author doesn’t favor one side over the other.

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This is too negative toward the objectivists. It’s also unsupported. The author doesn’t claim that objectivists have made progress impossible. In fact, the author proposes a potential solution to help resolve the debate between the two sides.

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Close, but misdescribes the solution. The author doesn’t say that the only way to resolve the dispute is to compare the two approaches’ “success in obtaining knowledge.” The solution is to investigate the authority of each side. This involves asking questions about the rationality of each side’s approach — does one approach make more sense than the other? Are there other kinds of knowledge ignored by one approach?

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This best captures the author’s proposed solution to the conflict between subjectivists and objectivists.

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This is too negative toward objectivists. The author didn’t take sides in the debate.

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