Reflecting the Mind · Indexicality and Quasi-Indexicality by Corazza, Eros -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Book title Introduction

Context-Sensitivity The Semantics/Pragmatics Divide Situational Contextualism Structure of the Book

Language and Context

Words as Tools Anchored vs. Unanchored Information Pure Indexicals vs. Demonstratives Indexicals vs. Proper Names Types of Context Identity Statements Indexicals and Cognitive Significance

Thought and Context

Varieties of Implicitness Varieties of Context-Exploitation A Case Study: Meteorological Verbs Implicit Arguments and Representation Understanding Proper Names vs. Understanding Indexicals Two Types of Singular Thoughts

A Multiple-Proposition Approach

A Case Study: Description-Names Definite Descriptions Description-Names Dname and Dthat Pronouns and Complex Demonstratives Complex Demonstratives qua Definite Descriptions The Character Approach to Complex Demonstratives Complex Demonstratives qua Articulated Terms A Naïve, Politically Correct, Theory of Pronouns Complex Demonstratives qua 'Dthat'-Terms and Anaphora Evading Some Objections

Demonstratives, Pure Indexicals, and Essential Indexicals

The Background: Indexical Identification Demonstratives and Pure Indexicals Temporal Indexicals and Temporal Terms Temporal Indexicals qua Singular Terms The Data and the Multiple Characters Thesis The Data and the Fixed Character Thesis Some Advantages of the Fixed Character Thesis over the Multiple Characters Thesis

The First-Person Pronoun

The (De)Construction of the Self The Meaning of 'I' Does 'I' Refer? Answering Machines and Other Devices On the Referent of 'I' An Intentionalist Proposal An Anti-Intentionalist Solution Issues Arising

Perspectival Thoughts and Psychological Explanation

Some Desiderata Object-Dependent Thoughts Thoughts in Context Perspectival Thoughts Perceptual Thoughts Psychological Generalizations Answering an Objection

Empathy, Imagination, and Reports

The Background: Imagination Empathy and the Attribution of Sensations Further Empirical Evidence: The Case from Autism Sentences qua Thought Classifiers Reports and Mental Representations Reports and Types of Mental States Some Further Alleged Puzzles Bound to Unfaithfulness

Anaphora, Logophoricity, and Quasi-Indexicality

De Se Thoughts In Search of Quasi-Indicators Quasi-Indicators, Coindexation, and Dependence Quasi-Indicators, Logophoric Pronouns, and Anaphora Quasi-Indicators and the Unanalyzability Thesis Analyzing 'Herself' Quasi-Indicators qua Attributive Anaphors

Quasi-Indexicality and Puzzling Reports

Quasi-Indicators: Pragmatics or Semantics? De Se Reports The Dual Feature of 'That'-Clauses The Logical Form of Reports n-Acceptance, Translation, and Twin-Earth De Re, De Dicto, De Se Propositional Opacity and Propositional Transparency Getting the Inferences Right Logical Validity and Psychological Validity

Conclusion Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects