6. The Irreducibility of the Concept of the Self

Author: Davidson, Donald

Source: Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective, September 2001 , pp. 85-93(9)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

Having attacked a number of features that some views have regarded as constitutive of the concept of ‘the self’, Davidson now discusses those features that he thinks should replace the traditional ones. He especially emphasizes the special authority that our propositional attitudes are equipped with and the irreducible role of indexical sentences. In Davidson's opinion, the thoughts expressed by indexical sentences relate us to the world around us and thereby form a constitutive component of our concept of the self.

Keywords: indexical sentences; propositional attitudes; indexicals; concept; the self; irreducibility

Document Type: Research article

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