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The inessential indexical : on the philosophical insignificance of perspective and the first person /

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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,...

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Main Authors: Cappelen, Herman (Author), Dever, Josh (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Context and content.
Subjects:
Perspective (Philosophy)
Indexicals (Semantics)
Perspective (Philosophie)
Indices (Sémantique)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191766824
0191766828