The Situated SelfJ.T. Ismael's monograph is an ambitious contribution to metaphysics and the philosophy of language and mind. She tackles a philosophical question whose origin goes back to Descartes: What am I? The self is not a mere thing among things--but if so, what is it, and what is its relationship to the world? Ismael is an original and creative thinker who tries to understand our problematic concepts about the self and how they are related to our use of language in particular. |
Contents
Confinement | |
The Dynamical Approach | |
SelfDescription | |
Context and Coordination | |
SelfRepresentation Objectivity and Intentionality | |
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