Synopses & Reviews
I is perhaps the most important and the least understood of our everyday expressions. This is a constant source of philosophical confusion. Max de Gaynesford offers a remedy: he explains what this expression means. He thereby shows the way to an understanding of how we express first-personal thinking. The book thus not only resolves a key issue in philosophy of language, but promises to be of great use to people working on problems in other areas of philosophy.
Table of Contents
I. Questions about the Meaning of I 1. Historical Background
2. Questions of Reference
3. Questions of Expression
4. Questions of Logic
5. Interim Conclusion
II. The Meaning of I
6. Logical Character
7. Inferential Role
8. Referential Function (I)
9. Referential Function (II)
10. Expressive Use
11. Communicative Role
12. Conclusion
Appendix I: Analytic Table of Contents
Appendix II: Recurrent Terms of Art