ABSTRACT
The Cartesian conception of the mind holds the grounds of language as being in the private experiences of the speaker. The criteriological solution to the problem of other minds is subject to a variety of criticisms which arise in relation to Wittgenstein’s work. A critical objection to the criteriological solution to the problem of other minds is to question one of its basic assumptions, namely that a mental state stands in need of a generic non-inductive criterion. In the criteriological solution to the problem of other minds the positing of an identification of meaning and verification through the concept of generic non-inductive criteria is the foundation for securing knowledge of other’s states. It has been claimed that Wittgenstein did not intend to offer the criteriological solution to the problem of other minds and an alternative non-criteriological account has been provided.
