Self-Knowledge
Overthink
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Tennis - I'm a Good Tennis Player in a Vacuum
i worry that emphasizing too much the quodonquote, unknowability of the self can lead to a pretty strong form of scepticism about some basic forms of self knowledge. And in the case of tennis is a good example. Because i cannot know that about myself, that i have this ranking, or that i am decent at tennis, unless it is reflected in the perceptions and behaviours of other people. So now my vision of you is being shaped, and thereby receive a vision of yourself in my eyes as a good tennis player. Which means i travel for tournaents for tennis. Ok. A thot is just voluble, no voluble and tennis. Not that i'm qualified
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