Attitudes De Se: Linguistics,Epistemology,Metaphysics
In English,we use the word I to express thoughts that we have about ourselves,and we use the reflexive pronouns himself and herself to attribute such thoughts to others. Philosophers and linguists call such thoughts,and the statements we use to express them,de se. De se thoughts and statements,although they appear often in our day-to-day lives,pose a series of challenging problems for both linguists and philosophers. This interdisciplinary volume examin