 Many analytic philosophers in the past few decades have written in defense of the idea that our knowledge of other minds comes about through perception (e.g., McDowell 1978 and 1982, Dretske 1969 and 1976, Cassam 2007, McNeil 2012, Stout 2010, and Green, 2010). The idea is also defended by some philosophers writing in the phenomenological tradition  (§1.4.2).  Many philosophers working today bring together work in both traditions in defense of this idea (e.g., Overgaard forthcoming, Krueger 2014, and J. Smith 2010). Consideration of issues to do with the self in relation to others has been thought by some to have the power to bridge the chasm between these two traditions in philosophy.