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Materialism From Hobbes To Locke, By Stewart Duncan, Benjamin Hill, Robert Stainton Jan 2024

Materialism From Hobbes To Locke, By Stewart Duncan, Benjamin Hill, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

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Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I', Robert Stainton Jan 2018

Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I', Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

According to a certain ‘Straight Reading’ of Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘The First Person’, she holds a Radically Non-Referring view of ‘I’. Specifically, ‘I’ is analogized to the expletive ‘it’ in ‘It’s raining’. I argue that this is not her position. Her substantive view on ‘I’, rather, is that if what you mean by ‘referring term’ is a certain rich and recherché Frege-inspired notion, then ‘I’ is not one. Her methodological point is that one shouldn’t be bewitched by language into thinking that ‘I’, because of its syntax and logical role, must exhibit ‘reference’ in this sense. Anscombe uses this insight to …


An Anscombean Reference For I?, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton Jan 2018

An Anscombean Reference For I?, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

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Introduction To The Achilles Of Rational Psychology, Thomas Lennon, Robert Stainton Jan 2008

Introduction To The Achilles Of Rational Psychology, Thomas Lennon, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

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