Fwd: {fpsk:7} FPSK: The guiding question and the papers to read and talk about

Dear friends,

Now we can (1) define our guiding problem, (2) create a reading list, (3) cut the primary bibliography in 1-5 pages chunks, (4) divide the presentational-reporting labor.

 1. Following Jonadas, Alexandre and Renato, our guiding question is:

 Does "I" refer?

 Renato summarized some central answers:

 
- For Ryle (1) there is no privileged self-access, so (2) there is no difference between self-reference and third person reference;

- For Anscombe (1) Cartesian first person privileged access and Rylean behaviorism are wrong, (2) and "I" doesn't refer;

- For Shoemaker (1) the first person has immunity to error through misidentification, (2) and "I" does refer;

- Perry gives us an account of some peculiarities of "I";

- For Evans there are problems in Anscombe and Shoemaker explanations.

 2—4. Following Renato and Jonadas, our reading list can be:

0. Wittgenstein, excerpts of The Blue Book – x pages, Jonadas

1. Ryle, "Self-knowledge" – 20 pages, ?

2. Anscombe, "The First Person" – 20 pages, ?/Cesar

3. Shoemaker, "Self-Reference and Self-Awareness" – 15 pages, Cesar

4. Perry, "The Problem of the Essential Indexical" – 20 pages, ?

5. Evans, "Self-Identification" – 25 pages, ?/Cesar

Our reading list has more than 100 pages of primary reading. In my opinion that's a problem, but we have a very good reading list, and would be a shame don't read and discuss all these papers. As a solution I suggest that we don't discuss the selected papers in their full length. The group members charged with the presentation of the texts have to elect to reading and discussion just the parts of the text that give some direct answer to our question (does "I" refer?). Or we can read the papers in their full length. It can work. We are very motivated guys.

Best,

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César

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