Author | Brinck, Ingar. author |
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Title | The Indexical 'I' [electronic resource] : The First Person in Thought and Language / by Ingar Brinck |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8871-3 |
Descript | XII, 179 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 1.1 The topic -- 1.2 'I' -- 1.3 Why 'I' cannot be replaced by another indexical -- 1.4 The content -- 2. 'I' Does Not Refer -- 2.1 The non-referential thesis -- 2.2 Wittgenstein on 'I' -- 2.3 Anscombe's argument -- 2.4 Immunity to error through misidentification -- 2.5 The basis of the immunity -- 3. 'I' Refers Directly -- 3.1 The minimal thesis -- 3.2 Direct reference -- 3.3 The semantic theory of direct reference -- 3.4 Direct reference and rigid designation -- 3.5 Rigid designation and essentialism -- 3.6 Objections to the semantic theory of direct reference -- 3.7 Perry on belief and meaning -- 3.8 Direct reference, presemantics, and pragmatics -- 3.9 Attitudes de se -- 3.10 Acquaintance and direct reference -- 4. 'I' Refers Indirectly -- 4.1 Indirect reference and definite descriptions -- 4.2 Frege on 'I' -- 4.3 Does the individual concept conflict with publicness? -- 4.4 Making sense of Frege: concepts and causes -- 4.5 Making sense of Frege: the individual concept -- 5. Indexicality and Non-Conceptual Content -- 5.1 The basis of de re senses: non-conceptual content -- 5.2 Identification-free knowledge and its foundation -- 5.3 Non-conceptual content and IEM -- 5.4 Can content be non-conceptual? -- 5.5 The cognitive role of de re senses -- 6. Context-Independence -- 6.1 Speakers and persons -- 6.2 Transcending the context -- 6.3 Identity over time -- 6.4 A view from nowhere? -- 6.5 Understanding 'I': conclusion -- References