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Single Idea 18410
[filed under theme 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought
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Full Idea
Very roughly, we can say that to think of something indexically is to think of it in relation to me, as I am presented to myself in self-consciousness.
Gist of Idea
Indexical thought is in relation to my self-consciousness
Source
Colin McGinn (Subjective View: sec qualities and indexicals [1983], 2)
Book Ref
McGinn,Colin: 'The Subjective View' [OUP 1983], p.17
A Reaction
So it is characterised relationally, which doesn't mean it has a distinctive intrinsic character. If I'm lost, and I overhear someone say 'Peter is in Hazlemere', I get the same relational information (in a different mode) without the indexicality.
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[thought which depends on a particular perspective]:
16379
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Thoughts about myself are understood one way to me, and another when communicated
[Frege]
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16391
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Indexical thoughts are about themselves, and ascribe properties to themselves
[Perry, by Recanati]
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16390
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Lewis's popular centred worlds approach gives an attitude an index of world, subject and time
[Lewis, by Recanati]
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18410
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Indexical thought is in relation to my self-consciousness
[McGinn]
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22417
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Indexicals do not figure in theories of physics, because they are not explanatory causes
[McGinn]
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22420
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The indexical perspective is subjective, incorrigible and constant
[McGinn]
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18402
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Indexical concepts are indispensable, as we need them for the power to act
[McGinn]
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18403
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Indexicals may not be objective, but they are a fact about the world as I see it
[Chalmers]
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18409
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Indexicals apply to singular thought, and mental files have essentially indexical features
[Recanati]
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16354
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Indexicality is closely related to singularity, exploiting our direct relations with things
[Recanati]
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22247
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Indexicality is not just a feature of language; examples show it also occurs in thought
[Recanati]
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22248
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How can we communicate indexical thoughts to people not in the right context?
[Recanati]
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18424
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If two people can have phenomenally identical experiences, they can't involve the self
[Brogaard]
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18404
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It is assumed that indexical content is needed to represent the perspective of perception
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18407
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Indexicality is not significantly connected to agency
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18427
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If some of our thought is tied to its context, it will be hard to communicate it
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18426
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All information is objective, and purely indexical information is not much use
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18428
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You don't remember your house interior just from an experienced viewpoint
[Cappelen/Dever]
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18429
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Our beliefs and desires are not organised around ourselves, but around the world
[Cappelen/Dever]
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