
No word in English is shorter than the word ''I.'' And yet no word is more important in philosophy. When Descartes said ''I think therefore I am'' he produced something that was both about himself and a universal formula. The word ''I'' is called an ''indexical'' because its...
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No word in English is shorter than the word I.'' And yet no word is more important in philosophy. When Descartes said I think therefore I am'' he produced something that was both about himself and a universal formula. The word I'' is called an indexical'' because its...

A collection of twelve essays by John Perry and two essays he co-authored, this book deals with various problems related to "self-locating beliefs" the sorts of beliefs one expresses with indexicals and demonstratives, like "I" and "this". In the early essays, Perry argues that...