Reflecting the mind : indexicality and quasi-indexicality / Eros Corazza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corazza, Eros.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indexicals (Semantics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Indexicality and quasi-indexicality

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eros Corazza presents a fascinating investigation of the role that indexicals (e.g. 'I', 'she', 'this', 'today', 'here') 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. Corazza draws on work from philosophy, linguistics, and psychology to illuminate this key aspect of the relation between mind and world. By highlighting how indexical thoughts are irreducible and intrinsically perspectival, Corazza shows how we can depict so

Contents:

Introduction; Chapter 1: Language and Context; Chapter 2: Thought and Context; Chapter 3: A Multiple-Proposition Approach; Chapter 4: Demonstratives, Pure Indexicals, and Essential Indexicals; Chapter 5: The First-Person Pronoun; Chapter 6: Perspectival Thoughts and Psychological Explanation; Chapter 7: Empathy, Imagination, and Reports; Chapter 8: Anaphora, Logophoricity, and Quasi-Indexicality; Chapter 9: Quasi-Indexicality and Puzzling Reports; Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-362) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-90666-2

9786611906665

0-19-153363-7

OCLC:

63294721