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The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person
Herman Cappelen
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Description for The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person
Hardback. Cappelen and Dever present a forceful challenge to the standard view that perspective, and in particular the perspective of the first person, is a philosophically deep aspect of the world. Their goal is not to show that we need to explain indexical and other perspectival phenomena in different ways, but to show that the entire topic is an illusion. Series: Context and Content. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; HPM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
When we represent the world in language, in thought, or in perception, we often represent it from a perspective. We say and think that the meeting is happening now, that it is hot here, that I am in danger and not you; that the tree looks larger from my perspective than from yours. The Inessential Indexical is an exploration and defense of the view that perspectivality is a philosophically shallow aspect of the world. Cappelen and Dever oppose one of the most entrenched and dominant trends in contemporary philosophy: that perspective (and the perspective of the first person in particular) ... Read more
When we represent the world in language, in thought, or in perception, we often represent it from a perspective. We say and think that the meeting is happening now, that it is hot here, that I am in danger and not you; that the tree looks larger from my perspective than from yours. The Inessential Indexical is an exploration and defense of the view that perspectivality is a philosophically shallow aspect of the world. Cappelen and Dever oppose one of the most entrenched and dominant trends in contemporary philosophy: that perspective (and the perspective of the first person in particular) ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199686742
SKU
V9780199686742
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About Herman Cappelen
Herman Cappelen is a professor of philosophy at the University of St Andrews, where he works at the Arché Philosophical Research Centre. He works in philosophy of language, philosophical methodology and related areas of epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. He is the author of many papers and four books: Insensitive Semantics (with Ernest Lepore; Blackwell, 2004), Language Turned on ... Read more
Reviews for The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person
This crisp, lean, and tightly argued study deserves the attention of anyone interested in the topics of indexicality, perspective, and the first person. . . . My prediction is that this fine book will significantly advance the debate about the place of perspective and indexicality in human thought and action
Tomis Kapitan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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