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In this book, renowned philosopher John Perry responds to criticisms of his influential writing on “the essential indexical.” He begins by explaining the conclusions of his past articles. He then argues that many criticisms are based on confusions about the relation between the issues of opacity and cognitive significance, and other basic misunderstandings of his views. While dealing with criticisms, Perry makes a number of points about self-knowledge, the issue that motivated his original papers.

Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 The Basic Claims
3 Opacity and Cognitive Significance
4 Names and Indexicals: New Theories of Reference
5 Names and Indexicals: Frege’s Theory of Reference
6 Referential, Nominal and Indexical Content
7 What About Opacity?
8 Hume and Heimson
9 A Prior Example
10 Kripke
11 Back to Self-Knowledge
12 Lewis’s Theory
13 The View From Everywhere
14 Conclusion
Index

Revisiting the Essential Indexical

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      Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
      Publication Date: 19/09/2021
      ISBN13: 9781684000616, 978-1684000616
      ISBN10: 1684000610
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Philosophy of language Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this book, renowned philosopher John Perry responds to criticisms of his influential writing on “the essential indexical.” He begins by explaining the conclusions of his past articles. He then argues that many criticisms are based on confusions about the relation between the issues of opacity and cognitive significance, and other basic misunderstandings of his views. While dealing with criticisms, Perry makes a number of points about self-knowledge, the issue that motivated his original papers.

      Table of Contents
      1 Introduction
      2 The Basic Claims
      3 Opacity and Cognitive Significance
      4 Names and Indexicals: New Theories of Reference
      5 Names and Indexicals: Frege’s Theory of Reference
      6 Referential, Nominal and Indexical Content
      7 What About Opacity?
      8 Hume and Heimson
      9 A Prior Example
      10 Kripke
      11 Back to Self-Knowledge
      12 Lewis’s Theory
      13 The View From Everywhere
      14 Conclusion
      Index

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