Reflecting the mind [[electronic resource] ] : indexicality and quasi-indexicality / / Eros Corazza

• Autore: Corazza Eros
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 420/.143
• Soggetto topico: Indexicals (Semantics)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-362) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Reflecting the mind
• ISBN: 1-281-90666-2; 9786611906665; 0-19-153363-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783395703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II