The Situated Self

Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 16
Part I / The Situated
Mind......Page 22
2 Traditional Representationalism......Page 24
2.1 BURGE ON BELIEF DE RE......Page 26
2.2 PERRY: THOUGHT WITHOUT REPRESENTATION......Page 30
3.1 THE MODEL-THEORETIC ARGUMENT......Page 34
3.2 ARCHITECTURAL VS. SEMANTIC RELATIONS......Page 46
3.3 CONCLUSION......Page 47
4 The Dynamical Approach......Page 50
4.1 THE CENTRAL NOTIONS......Page 51
4.2 COORDINATING MEDIA WITH ONE ANOTHER......Page 53
4.3 CONCLUSION......Page 57
5 Self-Description......Page 58
5.1 EXEMPLIFICATION......Page 59
5.2 THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE......Page 61
5.3 GENERAL THEMES......Page 64
5.4 INTERNAL WORLD-MODELS AND SELF-REPRESENTATIONAL LOOPS......Page 66
5.5 PHYSICAL AND PHENOMENAL CONCEPTS......Page 69
6 Context and Coordination......Page 72
6.1 THE GENERAL DYNAMIC......Page 75
6.2 MECHANICAL METAPHOR......Page 78
6.3 IMPOSING VS. REVEALING ARTICULATION......Page 79
6.4 UNARTICULATED CONSTITUENTS......Page 81
6.5 COORDINATING NOTIONS WITH PARTICULARS: SPACE AND TIME......Page 83
6.6 CONCLUSION......Page 85
7 Self-Representation, Objectivity, and Intentionality......Page 88
7.1 DRETSKE’S QUESTION......Page 91
7.2 OBJECTIVE PURPORT......Page 93
7.3 WHY DO WE SELF-REPRESENT?......Page 96
7.4 HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?......Page 99
7.5 LOOSE ENDS......Page 100
7.6 CONCLUSION......Page 103
Part 2 /
Understanding Arguments for Dualism......Page 104
8 Jackson’s Mary......Page 106
8.1 WHAT MARY LEARNS......Page 108
8.2 INCOMPLETENESS?......Page 116
8.3 REFINING IDEAS: THE DIRECTION OF DEVELOPMENT......Page 117
8.4 IN SUM......Page 118
8.5 THE SPACE OF REASONS AND THE SPACE OF CAUSES......Page 120
9 Inverted Spectra......Page 122
9.1 IS SPECTRUM INVERSION POSSIBLE?......Page 123
9.2 EXEMPLARS......Page 124
9.3 LANGUAGE......Page 126
9.4 A LESSON ABOUT LANGUAGE......Page 129
9.5 INTERPLANETARY ANALOGY OF ‘LEFT’ AND ‘RIGHT’......Page 130
9.6 LANGUAGE AND PHENOMENAL CONTENT......Page 133
9.7 QUINING QUALIA......Page 136
9.8 WORRIES ABOUT REALISM......Page 139
9.9 CHALMERS......Page 142
9.10 CONCLUSION......Page 147
10.1 MCTAGGART’S ARGUMENT......Page 150
10.2 THE RESOLUTION......Page 154
10.3 OTHER EXAMPLES: SPACE AND FAMILY TREES......Page 156
10.4 MCTAGGART MODALIZED......Page 158
10.5 WHY THE ILLUSION IS COMPELLING......Page 162
10.6 THE SELF......Page 163
10.7 THE LESSON......Page 166
10.8 PHENOMENAL PROPERTIES......Page 167
Part 3 /
Selves......Page 174
11 Identity over Time......Page 176
11.1 REFLEXIVE ACCOUNTS......Page 177
11.2 PROBLEMS WITH IDENTITY OVER TIME......Page 180
11.3 POST HOC CONCEPTUALIZATION......Page 184
11.4 FROM INFORMATIONAL TO CONCEPTUAL CONTENT......Page 192
11.5 DRAWING THE BOUNDARIES......Page 194
11.6 CONNECTING WITH EARLIER THEMES......Page 199
11.7 WHY THE TEMPORALLY EXTENDED SELF?......Page 200
11.8 OTHER VIEWS ABOUT IDENTITY OVER TIME......Page 201
11.9 PARFITTEAN AND FREGEAN VIEWS......Page 203
11.10 NO-SUBJECT VIEWS......Page 205
11.11 CONCLUSION......Page 211
12 The Unified Self......Page 214
12.1 DENNETT......Page 215
12.2 THE INNER MONOLOGUE......Page 218
12.3 DELIBERATION......Page 223
12.4 THE MANY VOICES OF DENNETT......Page 224
12.5 SELF-PRESENTATION, PHENOMENOLOGY, AND CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 228
12.6 UNITY......Page 233
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Reprise......Page 242
Bibliography......Page 246
Index......Page 252