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The Problem of the Essential Indexical
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“We might suggest then that among the roots of “essential indexicality” (Perry, 1979) or the de se constraint are these: the unrepresentability of a projective space (with its elusive origin) in a Euclidean space, which prevents us from experiencing ourselves as mere objects among others; the…”
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- Authors
- Perry, J.
- Venue
- Noûs
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1979-03
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3
- ISSN
- 0029-4624 (ISSN-L)
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- W2073679965
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- 16.33
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- en
- Open access
- closed
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