Revisiting the Essential Indexical

John Perry is the Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, where he has chaired the Philosophy Department and directed the Center for the Study of Language and Information, which he helped found. He is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing and, most recently, Studies in Language and Information, the latter also published by CSLI Publications.

1 Introduction
2 The Basic Claims
3 Opacity and Cognitive Significance
4 Names and Indexicals: New Theories of Reference
5 Names and Indexicals: Frege’s Theory of Reference
6 Referential, Nominal and Indexical Content
7 What About Opacity?
8 Hume and Heimson
9 A Prior Example
10 Kripke
11 Back to Self-Knowledge
12 Lewis’s Theory
13 The View From Everywhere
14 Conclusion
Index