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Who Must Be Persuaded By Explanations (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Minds Almost Meeting

CHAPTER

The Importance of Recognizing Yourself

I think we are in some way deeply confused about what we want. But the place where you land in terms of what we actually want is not something we could affirm. That's different than it being something you could affirm. In order to be able to affirm it, I would have to take the correction. You'd have to admit to yourself that you mainly care about showing that you care and other people showing they care about you.That's a much larger motive than you had realized and you'd have to accept that. No, but it's like the thing that will get me to accept it is just this, aha feeling of recognition... Nothing but that will ever get me to really

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