Mechanistic interdependence argument - An Anti-Solipsist Argument
By well-wisher
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My mind and senses appear to work together as parts of a mechanism, dependent upon each other to function effectively.
1. My mind needs my senses; senses give it sensory information; sensory information is something to think about, data to process, and without something to think about I wouldn't think at all and then my mind would serve no function.
2. My senses need my mind, my mind makes sense of sensory information, for example say that I were to close my eyes and touch someones face, feeling a nose, a mouth, a pair of eyes and ears, my mind would have to piece together that jigsaw of sensory information for me to recognise, "I am touching a face".
And because my mind appears to be like part of a mechanism it seems logical to presume that my mind IS part of a mechanism and that, if it is real, then the other parts of the mechanism are also real.
To borrow from Paleys watchmaker analogy, if you find half a watch then its logical to presume that the rest of the watch exists.
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