Research Catalog

Title

The indexical point of view : on cognitive significance and cognitive dynamics / Vojislav Bozickovic.

Author

Bozickovic, Vojislav

Publication

• New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Description

x, 165 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy.

Subject

• Perspective (Philosophy)
• Indexicals (Semantics)
• Mental representation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-1253

ISBN

• 9780367554804
• 0367554801
• 9781003094265 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000206944 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000206906 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000206920 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2020037333
• 40030282594

OCLC

1155063082

Author

Bozickovic, Vojislav, author.

Title

The indexical point of view : on cognitive significance and cognitive dynamics / Vojislav Bozickovic.

Publisher

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Bozickovic, Vojislav, The indexical point of view New York : Routledge, 2020. 9781003094265 (DLC) 2020037334

Other Standard Identifier

40030282594

Research Call Number

JFE 21-1253