ABSTRACT

Suppose the Sartrean “Other” sees me looking through a keyhole. “What are you doing?” she stammers. Suppose I reply in all honesty, “My key wasn’t working-I’m thinking that the keyhole is jammed.” The response indicates that I was not spying (at least, not intentionally), but rather checking the hole for blockage. This is so, even if my bodily behavior is indistinguishable from that of a spy.