1. Indexicals, contexts and unarticulated constituents; 2. Reality without reference; 3. Evading the slingshot; 4. Broadening the mind; 5. Myself and I; 6. Reflexivity, indexicality and names; 7. Rip Van Winkle and other characters; 8. Frege on demonstratives; 9. The problem of the essential indexical; 10. Belief and acceptance; 11. A problem about continued belief; 12. Castandeda on he and I; 13. Perception, action, and the structure of believing; 14. From worlds to situations; 15. Possible worlds to situations; 16. Circumstantial attitudes and benevolent cognition; 17. Thought without representation; 18. Cognitive significance and new theories of reference; 19. The prince and the phone booth; 20. Individuals in Informational and Intentional content; 21. Fodor and psychological explanations; References; Index.
Recipient of numerous international academic awards, John Perry is the Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, where he has chaired the Philosophy Department and directed the Center for the Study of Language and Information, which he helped found. He is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing.
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