Problem of other minds

Problem of other minds - the epistemological problem of how one can know that others have minds, given that one can only observe the behavior of others. Article “Problem of other minds” in English Wikipedia has 24.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 15 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Dutch Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Problem of other minds”, its content was written by 104 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 219 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 323 times in English Wikipedia and cited 832 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #328 in February 2001
• Global: #328 in February 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #104772 in October 2016
• Global: #169586 in October 2016

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Dutch (nl) Probleem van andere geesten		25.1348
2	English (en) Problem of other minds		24.1798
3	German (de) Fremdpsychisches		23.9133
4	Korean (ko) 타인의 마음 문제		23.4259
5	Spanish (es) Problema de otras mentes		22.0117
6	Persian (fa) مسئله ذهن‌های دیگر		18.0498
7	Serbian (sr) Problem drugih umova		17.9195
8	Turkish (tr) Diğer zihinler problemi		16.5587
9	Finnish (fi) Vierassieluisuuden ongelma		15.6388
10	Arabic (ar) مشكلة العقول الأخرى		13.0028

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Problem of other minds" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Problem of other minds		714 494
2	Japanese (ja) 他我		113 286
3	Chinese (zh) 他心問題		43 383
4	Spanish (es) Problema de otras mentes		26 620
5	Finnish (fi) Vierassieluisuuden ongelma		17 627
6	German (de) Fremdpsychisches		17 206
7	Italian (it) Problema delle altre menti		13 475
8	Hungarian (hu) Más elmék problémája		4 520
9	Estonian (et) Teiste vaimude probleem		4 169
10	Arabic (ar) مشكلة العقول الأخرى		3 901

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Problem of other minds" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Problem of other minds		2 243
2	Chinese (zh) 他心問題		298
3	Japanese (ja) 他我		202
4	Spanish (es) Problema de otras mentes		90
5	Italian (it) Problema delle altre menti		59
6	Finnish (fi) Vierassieluisuuden ongelma		42
7	German (de) Fremdpsychisches		38
8	Persian (fa) مسئله ذهن‌های دیگر		26
9	Korean (ko) 타인의 마음 문제		26
10	Turkish (tr) Diğer zihinler problemi		26

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Problem of other minds" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Problem of other minds		104
2	Italian (it) Problema delle altre menti		22
3	Japanese (ja) 他我		20
4	German (de) Fremdpsychisches		17
5	Spanish (es) Problema de otras mentes		12
6	Hungarian (hu) Más elmék problémája		10
7	Estonian (et) Teiste vaimude probleem		7
8	Chinese (zh) 他心問題		7
9	Finnish (fi) Vierassieluisuuden ongelma		6
10	Persian (fa) مسئله ذهن‌های دیگر		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Problem of other minds" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مشكلة العقول الأخرى		0
2	German (de) Fremdpsychisches		0
3	English (en) Problem of other minds		0
4	Spanish (es) Problema de otras mentes		0
5	Estonian (et) Teiste vaimude probleem		0
6	Persian (fa) مسئله ذهن‌های دیگر		0
7	Finnish (fi) Vierassieluisuuden ongelma		0
8	Hungarian (hu) Más elmék problémája		0
9	Italian (it) Problema delle altre menti		0
10	Japanese (ja) 他我		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Problem of other minds" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Problem of other minds		323
2	Korean (ko) 타인의 마음 문제		100
3	Arabic (ar) مشكلة العقول الأخرى		91
4	Chinese (zh) 他心問題		89
5	Persian (fa) مسئله ذهن‌های دیگر		78
6	Japanese (ja) 他我		47
7	Serbian (sr) Problem drugih umova		47
8	Turkish (tr) Diğer zihinler problemi		18
9	Spanish (es) Problema de otras mentes		16
10	Estonian (et) Teiste vaimude probleem		9

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مشكلة العقول الأخرى
de	German Fremdpsychisches
en	English Problem of other minds
es	Spanish Problema de otras mentes
et	Estonian Teiste vaimude probleem
fa	Persian مسئله ذهن‌های دیگر
fi	Finnish Vierassieluisuuden ongelma
hu	Hungarian Más elmék problémája
it	Italian Problema delle altre menti
ja	Japanese 他我
ko	Korean 타인의 마음 문제
nl	Dutch Probleem van andere geesten
sr	Serbian Problem drugih umova
tr	Turkish Diğer zihinler problemi
zh	Chinese 他心問題

Best Rank

English: #104772 10.2016

Global: #169586 10.2016

Best Rank

English: #328 02.2001

Global: #328 02.2001

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