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On myself, and other, less important subjects /

Caspar Hare makes an original and compelling case for "egocentric presentism," a view about the nature of first-person experience, about what happens when we see things from our own particular point of view. A natural thought about our first-person experience is that "all and only the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hare, Caspar John, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Caspar Hare makes an original and compelling case for "egocentric presentism," a view about the nature of first-person experience, about what happens when we see things from our own particular point of view. A natural thought about our first-person experience is that "all and only the things of which I am aware are present to me." Hare, however, goes one step further and claims, counterintuitively, that the thought should instead be that "all and only the things of which I am aware are present." There is, in other words, something unique about me and the things of which I am aware. On Myself a
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 113 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109) and index.
ISBN:9781400830909
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