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The Problem of the Essential Indexical

Author : John Perry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195049993
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Problem of the Essential Indexical written by John Perry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twelve essays by John Perry and two essays he co-authored, this book deals with various problems related to "self-locating beliefs": the sorts of beliefs one expresses with indexicals and demonstratives, like "I" and "this". In the early essays, Perry argues that an account of these beliefs requires us to distinguish what is believed from how it is believed, and the rest of the essays discuss various aspects and implications of that distinction and issues closely related to it. Included with such well-known essays as "Frege on Demonstratives", "The Problem of the Essential Indexical", "From Worlds to Situations", and "The Prince and the Phone Booth" are a number of important essays that have been less accessible and that discuss important aspects of Perry's views, which stem from the area of thought referred to as "Critical Referentialism" on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. In addition, postscripts have been added to a number of the essays discussing criticisms by authors such as Gareth Evans and Robert Stalnaker.

The Inessential Indexical

Author : Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199686742
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Inessential Indexical written by Herman Cappelen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the authors argue that there are no such things as essential indexicality, irreducibly de se attitudes, or self-locating attitudes.

A Companion to the Philosophy of Time

Author : Adrian Bardon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118522052
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Philosophy of Time written by Adrian Bardon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the Philosophy of Time presents the broadest treatment of this subject yet; 32 specially commissioned articles - written by an international line-up of experts – provide an unparalleled reference work for students and specialists alike in this exciting field. The most comprehensive reference work on the philosophy of time currently available The first collection to tackle the historical development of the philosophy of time in addition to covering contemporary work Provides a tripartite approach in its organization, covering history of the philosophy of time, time as a feature of the physical world, and time as a feature of experience Includes contributions from both distinguished, well-established scholars and rising stars in the field

Reference and Reflexivity

Author : John Perry
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
ISBN 13 : 9781575865232
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (652 download)

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Download or read book Reference and Reflexivity written by John Perry and published by Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this new second edition, Perry has added a new preface and two chapters on the interface between semantics and pragmatics and on the semantics of attitude reports, along with summaries at the end of each chapter. --Book Jacket.

Understanding "I"

Author : José Luis Bermúdez
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198796218
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Understanding "I" written by José Luis Bermúdez and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No words in English are shorter than "I" and few, if any, play a more fundamental role in language and thought. In Understanding "I": Thought and Language Jose Luis Bermudez continues his longstanding work on the self and self-consciousness. Bermudez develops a model of how language-users understand sentences involving the first person pronoun "I." This model illuminates the unique psychological role that self-conscious thoughts (typically expressed using "I") play in action and thought - a unique role often summarized by describing "I" as an essential indexical. The book opens with an argument directly supporting the indispensability of "I"-thoughts in explaining action. After motivating a broadly Fregean approach linguistic understanding it critically examines Frege's own remarks on "I" as well as the Fregean account offered by Gareth Evans. The main part of the book develops an account of the sense of "I" that explains a cluster of related phenomena, including essential indexicality, immunity to error through misidentification, the shareability of "I"-thoughts, the relation between "I" and "you," and the role of autobiographical memory in self-consciousness.

A Companion to the Philosophy of Language

Author : Bob Hale
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118972082
Total Pages : 1176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Philosophy of Language written by Bob Hale and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Providing up-to-date, in-depth coverage of the central question, and written and edited by some of the foremost practitioners in the field, this timely new edition will no doubt be a go-to reference for anyone with a serious interest in the philosophy of language.” Kathrin Glüer-Pagin, Stockholm University Now published in two volumes, the second edition of the best-selling Companion to the Philosophy of Language provides a complete survey of contemporary philosophy of language. The Companion has been greatly extended and now includes a monumental 17 new essays – with topics chosen by the editors, who curated suggestions from current contributors – and almost all of the 25 original chapters have been updated to take account of recent developments in the field. In addition to providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts, and debates, each essay introduces new and original contributions to ongoing debates, as well as addressing a number of new areas of interest, including two-dimensional semantics, modality and epistemic modals, and semantic relationism. The extended “state-of-the-art” chapter format allows the authors, all of whom are internationally eminent scholars in the field, to incorporate original research to a far greater degree than competitor volumes. Unrivaled in scope, this volume represents the best contemporary critical thinking relating to the philosophy of language.

Reference and Representation in Thought and Language

Author : María Ponte
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198714211
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Reference and Representation in Thought and Language written by María Ponte and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers novel views on the precise relation between reference to an object by means of a linguistic expression and our mental representation of that object, long a source of debate in the philosophy of language, linguistics, and cognitive science. Chapters in this volume deal with our devices for singular reference and singular representation, with most focusing on linguistic expressions that are used to refer to particular objects, persons, or places. These expressions include proper names such as Mary and John; indexicals such as I and tomorrow; demonstrative pronouns such as this and that; and some definite and indefinite descriptions such as The Queen of England or a medical doctor. Other chapters examine the ways we represent objects in thought, particularly the first-person perspective and the self, and one explores a notion common to reference and representation: salience. The volume includes the latest views on these complex topics from some of the most prominent authors in the field and will be of interest to anyone working on issues of reference and representation in thought and language.

Situating Semantics

Author : Michael O'Rourke
Publisher : Bradford Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Situating Semantics written by Michael O'Rourke and published by Bradford Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original commentary on the work of philosopher John Perry by prominent contemporary analytic philosophers, with Perry's detailed and original responses; topics include the metaphysics of identity, semantics, and philosophy of mind. John Perry, Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, is one of a handful of contemporary analytic philosophers to combine the focused approach of most current work in analytic philosophy with the more expansive systems-building of earlier analytic philosophers and contemporary philosophers in other disciplines. Perry, like W.V.O. Quine, Donald Davison, David Lewis, and Hilary Putnam, focuses on narrow topics across a broad range of subjects. In this volume, leading contemporary analytic philosophers contribute original essays in each of the areas that have been most influenced by Perry's work--metaphysics, language, and mind. Perry himself contributes detailed and original replies. After a comprehensive introduction to Perry's work by the editors that places semantics at the heart of Perry's philosophical strategy, the essays discuss Perry's contributions to the metaphysics of identity, the philosophy of language--in particular, contributions related to reference and unarticulated constituents--and the philosophy of mind. The essays and replies provide new perspectives on Perry's philosophical contributions over the last four decades, and yield insights into contemporary debates on these topics. Contributors Robert Audi, Kent Bach, Patricia Blanchette, Herman Cappelen, Eros Corazza, Ernie Lepore, Brian Loar, Peter Ludlow, Genoveva Marti, Michael McKinsey, Stephen Neale, Michael O'Rourke, John Perry, François Recanati, Cara Spencer, Kenneth A. Taylor, Corey Washington

Critical Pragmatics

Author : Kepa Korta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139498509
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Critical Pragmatics written by Kepa Korta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Pragmatics develops three ideas: language is a way of doing things with words; meanings of phrases and contents of utterances derive ultimately from human intentions; and language combines with other factors to allow humans to achieve communicative goals. In this book, Kepa Korta and John Perry explain why critical pragmatics provides a coherent picture of how parts of language study fit together within the broader picture of human thought and action. They focus on issues about singular reference, that is, talk about particular things, places or people, which have played a central role in the philosophy of language for more than a century. They argue that attention to the 'reflexive' or 'utterance-bound' contents of utterances sheds new light on these old problems. Their important study proposes a new approach to pragmatics and should be of wide interest to philosophers of language and linguists.

Reflecting the Mind

Author : Eros Corazza
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019927018X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Reflecting the Mind written by Eros Corazza and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a fascinating investigation of the role that indexicals play in our thought. Indexicality is crucial to the understanding of such puzzling issues as the nature of the self, the nature of perception, social interaction psychological pathologies and psychological development.

Philosophical Troubles

Author : Saul A. Kripke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199875618
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Troubles written by Saul A. Kripke and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new book is the first of a series of volumes collecting the essential articles by the eminent and highly influential philosopher Saul A. Kripke. It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career. Included here are seminal and much discussed pieces such as "Identity and Necessity", "Outline of a Theory of Truth", "Speaker's Reference and Semantic Reference", and "A Puzzle About Belief." More recent published articles include "Russell's Notion of Scope" and "Frege's Theory of Sense and Reference" among others. Several articles are published here for the first time, including both older works ("Two Paradoxes of Knowledge", "Vacuous Names and Fictional Entities", "Nozick on Knowledge") as well as newer ("The First Person" and "Unrestricted Exportation"). "A Puzzle on Time and Thought" was written expressly for this volume. Publication of this volume -- which ranges over epistemology, linguistics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, history of analytic philosophy, theory of truth, and metaphysics -- represents a major event in contemporary analytic philosophy. It will be of great interest to the many who are interested in the work of one its greatest living figures.

Mental Files

Author : François Recanati
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199659982
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Mental Files written by François Recanati and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: François Recanati presents his theory of mental files, a new way of understanding reference in language and thought. Linguistic expressions inherit their reference from the files that we associate with them, which are classified according to their function, which is to store information derived through certain types of relation to objects.

Self-reference and Self-awareness

Author : Andrew Brook
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027251503
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Self-reference and Self-awareness written by Andrew Brook and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in precursors (Kant and Frege) and stimulated by Castañeda's study in the logic of self-consciousness and Shoemaker's seminal paper 'Self-reference and self-awareness', the work of the past thirty-five years on self-reference and self-awareness has generated a wealth of deep, sophisticated philosophy. This volume explores the historical anticipations in Kant and Frege, brings four classic contributions together in one place, and offers five new studies. (Series A)

About Oneself

Author : Manuel García-Carpintero
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191022233
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book About Oneself written by Manuel García-Carpintero and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses foundational issues concerning the nature of first-personal, or de se, thought and how such thoughts are communicated. One of the questions addressed is whether there is anything distinctive about first-person thought or whether it can be subsumed under broader phenomena. Many have held that first-person thought motivates a revision of traditional accounts of content or motivates positing special ways of accessing such contents. Gottlob Frege famously held that first-person thoughts involve a subject being 'presented to himself in a particular and primitive way, in which he is presented to no-one else.' However, as Frege also noted, this raises many puzzling questions when we consider how we are able to communicate such thoughts. Is there indeed something special about first-person thought such that it requires a primitive mode of presentation that cannot be grasped by others? If there really is something special about first-person thought, what happens when I communicate this thought to you? Do you come to believe the very thing that I believe? Or is my first-person belief only entertained by me? If it is only entertained by me, how does it relate to what you come to believe? It is these questions that the volume addresses and seeks to answer.

Self-Knowing Agents

Author : Lucy O'Brien
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191615544
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Self-Knowing Agents written by Lucy O'Brien and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy OBrien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account of first-person reference can we give that respects the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, what account can we give of our knowledge of our mental and physical actions? Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action.

Narrow Content

Author : Juhani Yli-Vakkuri
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198785968
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Narrow Content written by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can there be 'narrow' mental content, that is entirely determined by the goings-on inside the head of the thinker? This book argues not, and defends instead a thoroughgoing externalism: the entanglement of our minds with the external world runs so deep that no internal component of mentality can easily be cordoned off.

Self-Reference and Self-Awareness

Author : Andrew Brook
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027298408
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Self-Reference and Self-Awareness written by Andrew Brook and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001-12-12 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in precursors (Kant and Frege) and stimulated by Castañeda’s study in the logic of self-consciousness and Shoemaker’s seminal paper ‘Self-reference and self-awareness’, the work of the past thirty-five years on self-reference and self-awareness has generated a wealth of deep, sophisticated philosophy. This volume explores the historical anticipations in Kant and Frege, brings four classic contributions together in one place, and offers five new studies. (Series A)