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This book argues that there is a common cognitive mechanism
underlying all indexical thoughts, in spite of their seeming
diversity. Indexical thoughts are mental representations, such as
beliefs and desires. They represent items from a thinker's point of
view or her cognitive perspective. We typically express them by
means of sentences containing linguistic expressions such as 'this
(F)' or 'that (F)', adverbs like 'here', 'now', and 'today', and
the personal pronoun 'I'. While generally agreeing that
representing the world from a thinker's cognitive perspective is a
key feature of indexical thoughts, philosophers disagree as to
whether a thinker's cognitive perspective can be captured and
rationalized by semantic content and, if so, what kind of content
this is. This book surveys competing views and then advances its
own positive account. Ultimately, it argues that a thinker's
cognitive perspective - or her indexical point of view - is to be
explained in terms of the content that is believed and asserted as
the only kind of content that there is which thereby serves as the
bearer of cognitive significance. The Indexical Point of View will
be of interest to philosophers of mind and language, linguists, and
cognitive scientists.
This book argues that there is a common cognitive mechanism
underlying all indexical thoughts, in spite of their seeming
diversity. Indexical thoughts are mental representations, such as
beliefs and desires. They represent items from a thinker's point of
view or her cognitive perspective. We typically express them by
means of sentences containing linguistic expressions such as 'this
(F)' or 'that (F)', adverbs like 'here', 'now', and 'today', and
the personal pronoun 'I'. While generally agreeing that
representing the world from a thinker's cognitive perspective is a
key feature of indexical thoughts, philosophers disagree as to
whether a thinker's cognitive perspective can be captured and
rationalized by semantic content and, if so, what kind of content
this is. This book surveys competing views and then advances its
own positive account. Ultimately, it argues that a thinker's
cognitive perspective - or her indexical point of view - is to be
explained in terms of the content that is believed and asserted as
the only kind of content that there is which thereby serves as the
bearer of cognitive significance. The Indexical Point of View will
be of interest to philosophers of mind and language, linguists, and
cognitive scientists.
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