Identity, language, and mind : introduction to the philosophy of John Perry / edited by Albert Newen and Raphael van Riel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newen, Albert.

Riel, Raphael van, 1979-

Series:

CSLI lecture notes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perry, John, 1943-.

Perry, John.

Physical Description:

pages ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications, [2012]

Summary:

The essays in this volume introduce John Perry's distinguished work on subjects as diverse as indexicality, semantics, personal identity, self-knowledge, and consciousness. Perry's great body of work centers around me question: What is constitutive for having and expressing a thought about oneself and how can self-conscious beliefs be part of a world that is basically physical in nature?

Identity, Language, and Mind is not only an introduction to the work of John Perry, but also to questions at the core of analytic philosophy for almost half a century, and that still dominate the debate at the forefront of the philosophical enterpriser. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Speaking And Thinking About Oneself With the Work of John Perry: An Introduction 1

Part 1 Language 11

2 Indexicality / Jérôme Dokic Dokic, Jérôme 13

3 Holmes, Perry, and Reference / Kepa Korta Korta, Kepa 33

4 Perry on Propositional Attitude Reports / Albert Newen Newen, Albert 53

5 Situation Semantics / Isidora Stojanovic Stojanovic, Isidora 67

Part 2 Persons and Their Minds 87

6 Perry on Self-Knowledge / Neil Van Leeuwen Leeuwen, Neil Van 89

7 Perry on Personal Identity / Raphael van Riel Riel, Raphael van 109

8 In Defense of Antecedent Physicalism / Daniel Cohnitz Cohnitz, Daniel 129

Perry's Philosophical Works and Further References 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781575866437

1575866439

9781575866420

1575866420

OCLC:

761482074