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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Introduction to 'Self-Knowledge'' and 'What Metaphors Mean'

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10 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
18946 Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]
16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body
5673 If we have a pain, we are strongly aware of the bodily self [Cassam]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection
5670 Knowledge of thoughts covers both their existence and their contents [Cassam]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self
5671 Outer senses are as important as introspection in the acquisition of self-knowledge [Cassam]
5672 Is there a mode of self-awareness that isn't perception, and could it give self-knowledge? [Cassam]
5675 Neither self-consciousness nor self-reference require self-knowledge [Cassam]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection
5674 We can't introspect ourselves as objects, because that would involve possible error [Cassam]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor
7777 We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson]
7775 Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson]
7776 Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson]