The ‘I’ in the Monad: Leibniz and the Essential Indexical

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_6308
dc.title	The ‘I’ in the Monad: Leibniz and the Essential Indexical
dc.contributor.author	Corazza Eros
dc.contributor.author	Genovesi Christopher
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/the-journal-for-the-philosophy-of-language-mind-an/2021/2/the-i-in-the-monad-leibniz-and-the-essential-index/
dc.description.abstract	Some modern and contemporary philosophers argue that the first-person indexical plays an essential role in the explanation of individual actions. As such it cannot be explained away or replaced by a co-referring term without destroying the cognitive force that its use conveys. There are important aspects of Leibniz’s work that anticipate the view of the essential indexical. The activity in the monad, such as the petites perceptions and appetitions, plays the cognitive role of grounding indexical reference and uses of the first-person pronoun to explain an agent’s perspective and behaviour.
dc.relation.ispartof	JoLMA
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 2 \| Num. 2 \| Dicembre 2021
dc.issued	2021-12-15
dc.dateAccepted	2021-08-10
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-07-21
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2723-9640
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2021/02/004
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Essential Indexical
dc.subject	Essential Indexical
dc.subject	Memory
dc.subject	Memory
dc.subject	Monad
dc.subject	Monad
dc.subject	Perceptions
dc.subject	Perceptions
dc.subject	Personal identity
dc.subject	Personal identity

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Eros Corazza ILCLI, The University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU, Donostia, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain; Philosophy & Cognitive Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa ON, Canada

Christopher Genovesi ILCLI, The University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU, Donostia, Spain

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abstract

Some modern and contemporary philosophers argue that the first-person indexical plays an essential role in the explanation of individual actions. As such it cannot be explained away or replaced by a co-referring term without destroying the cognitive force that its use conveys. There are important aspects of Leibniz’s work that anticipate the view of the essential indexical. The activity in the monad, such as the petites perceptions and appetitions, plays the cognitive role of grounding indexical reference and uses of the first-person pronoun to explain an agent’s perspective and behaviour.

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15 Dicembre 2021

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10 Agosto 2021

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21 Luglio 2021

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Keywords: Perceptions • Memory • Monad • Essential Indexical • Personal identity

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