Reflections on Mirror Man

Frank Jackson; Daniel Stoljar

doi:10.1007/s11098-021-01645-w

Reflections on Mirror Man

Frank Jackson, Daniel Stoljar^*

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Juhani Yli-Vakkuri and John Hawthorne have recently presented a thought experiment—Mirror Man—designed to refute internalist theories of belief and content. We distinguish five ways in which the case can be interpreted and argue that on none does it refute internalism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4227-4237
Number of pages	11
Journal	Philosophical Studies
Volume	178
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-021-01645-w
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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