Full Idea
Our view on the world is not primarily a view from a perspective. Our beliefs and desires are not organized around us. They are instead organized around the world itself. Our view is a view from everywhere.
Gist of Idea
Our beliefs and desires are not organised around ourselves, but around the world
Source
Cappelen,H/Dever,Josh (The Inessential Indexical [2013], 10)
Book Reference
Cappelen,H/Dever,J: 'The Inessential Indexical' [OUP 2013], p.180
A Reaction
Slipping in the claim that our desires are also organised around the world is not quite as persuasive as the claim about beliefs. If you want to draw a freehand straight line, focus on the far end of it. The world will guide your hand.