Introspection - Examining your own mind (getting it to think about itself).
Tautology - Analytic statement.
Tautologies are necessary truths, they cannot be doubted. Rationalists and empiricists agree that they are certain. "Every mother has a child".
They also agree that we can be certain about some things we gain from introspection. For example:
- We think we experience things, whether we do or not
- Memories
- The Cogito - thinking about our mind doubting
Uncertain:
- If we are experiencing
- If we are experiencing what we think we are (a clock) - may be something different that what we perceive
- Whether induction proves conclusion/if conclusion is certain
- That causation is real (we never experience it) - E would respond with constant conjunction of events
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