{"product_id":"the-inessential-indexical-herman-cappelen-9780199686742","title":"The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person","description":"When we represent the world in language, in thought, or in perception, we often represent it \u003cem\u003efrom a perspective\u003c\/em\u003e. We say and think that the meeting is happening \u003cem\u003enow\u003c\/em\u003e, that it is hot \u003cem\u003ehere\u003c\/em\u003e, that \u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e am in danger and not \u003cem\u003eyou\u003c\/em\u003e; that the tree looks larger from \u003cem\u003emy\u003c\/em\u003e perspective than from \u003cem\u003eyours\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe Inessential Indexical\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration and defense of the view that perspectivality is a philosophically shallow aspect of the world. Cappelen and Dever oppose one of the most entrenched and dominant trends in contemporary philosophy: that perspective (and the perspective of the first person in particular) is philosophically deep and that a proper understanding of it is important not just in the philosophies of language and mind, but throughout philosophy. They argue that there are no such things as essential indexicality, irreducibly \u003cem\u003ede se\u003c\/em\u003e attitudes, or self-locating attitudes. Their goal is not to show that we need to rethink these phenomena, to explain them in different ways. Their goal is to show that the entire topic is an illusion--there's nothing there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eContext and Content \u003c\/strong\u003eseries is a forum for outstanding original research at the intersection of philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive science. The general editor is Francois Recanati (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Cappelen, Josh Dever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199686742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199686742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Herman Cappelen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054732570879,"sku":"9780199686742","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b51731a-bc6d-4d4c-a41e-871e66acb32c.jpg?v=1685031671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-inessential-indexical-herman-cappelen-9780199686742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}