I : the meaning of the first-person term / Maximilian de Gaynesford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Gaynesford, Maximilian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Person.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Personality.

Reference (Linguistics).

Reasoning (Psychology).

Language and logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 198 pages)

Other Title:

Meaning of the first-person term

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

I is perhaps the most important and the least understood of our everyday expressions. This is a constant source of philosophical confusion. Max de Gaynesford offers a remedy: he explains what this expression means, its logical form and its inferential role. He thereby shows the way to an understanding of how we express first-personal thinking. He dissolves various myths about how I refers, to the effect that it is a pure indexical. His central claim is that thekey to understanding I is that it is the same kind of expression as the other singular personal pronouns, you and he/she: a deictic ter

Contents:

Historical background

Questions of reference

Questions of expression

Questions of logic

Interim conclusion

Logical character

Inferential role

Referential function (I)

Referential function (II)

Expressive use

Communicative role.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-192) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-15456-3

9786611154561

0-19-153704-7

1-4237-5734-3

OCLC:

64668438