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The Illusion of the Secret Dictionary

how did quine build on the argument in the meaning of meaning?

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The Myth of the Mental Museum

The Web of the Self: Why Your Identity Needs a Crowd

how does Jennifer Lackey's work on eyewitness unreliability undermine Ayer's argument and the private act of meaning-granting / recognition

The Unreliable Witness: Why Your "Internal Eye" Might Be Lying

Connect this to the closing argument about authenticity in Frankfurt's "on bullshit"

The Bullshit of "Being Yourself"

Beyond the Bullshit: Where Do We Go From Here?

Split

Constructing the Self: From Essence to Action

The Necessity of the Self: Why Authenticity Isn’t Bullshit

The Myth of the Secret Soul: Wittgenstein’s Private Language Argument

The Ghost in the Machine: Why Language Might Be Private

let's get more into Ayer's argument that there can be a private language

The Solitary Explorer: A.J. Ayer’s Defense of the Private Word

how conclusive have philosophers found AJ AYer's defense of the private word?

The Verdict: Is Ayer’s Private Island Truly Habitable?

how would this issue apply to the current focus on unique lived experience of people with particular innate senses of identity in determining ethical standards

The Mirror and the Mask: Identity as a Social Language

The Myth of the Secret Soul: Why Language Must Be Public

The Case for the Inner World: Challenging Wittgenstein

Expanding the Bounds of the Inner World

Beyond the Private Mind: Exploring Wittgenstein’s Legacy

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