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Self-Reference

Reflections on Reflexivity

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Steven J. Bartlett
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  2. Peter Suber

    1. Earlham College, USA

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Part of the book series: Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Library (MNPL, volume 21)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. Varieties of Self-Reference

      • Steven J. Bartlett
      Pages 5-28

  3. Informal Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Self-Reference and Meaning in a Natural Language

      • D. A. Whewell
      Pages 31-40

    3. Logical Rudeness

      • Peter Suber
      Pages 41-67

    4. The Pragmatic Paradox

      • Myron Miller
      Pages 68-87

    5. Argumentum ad Hominem with and without Self-Reference

      • Henry W. Johnstone Jr.
      Pages 88-91

    6. The Irreflexivity of Knowledge

      • Douglas Odegard
      Pages 92-109

  4. Formal Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Formalized Self-Reference

      • Frederic B. Fitch
      Pages 113-122

    3. Quotation and Self-Reference

      • Raymond M. Smullyan
      Pages 123-144

    4. Unstable Solutions to the Liar Paradox

      • Graham Priest
      Pages 145-175

  5. Specific Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Causation and Self-Reference

      • W. D. Hart
      Pages 179-192

    3. Is Determinism Self-Refuting?

      • Joseph M. Boyle Jr.
      Pages 193-208

    4. The Equivocation Defense of Cognitive Relativism

      • Olaf Tollefsen
      Pages 209-217

    5. The Role of Retortion in the Cognitional Analyses of Lonergan and Polanyi

      • Martin X. Moleski
      Pages 218-238

    6. Reflexivity and the Decentered Self in Tristram Shandy

      • James E. Swearingen
      Pages 239-256

  6. Bibliography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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About this book

Self-reference, although a topic studied by some philosophers and known to a number of other disciplines, has received comparatively little explicit attention. For the most part the focus of studies of self-reference has been on its logical and linguistic aspects, with perhaps disproportionate emphasis placed on the reflexive paradoxes. The eight-volume Macmillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy, for example, does not contain a single entry in its index under "self-reference", and in connection with "reflexivity" mentions only "relations", "classes", and "sets". Yet, in this volume, the introductory essay identifies some 75 varieties and occurrences of self-reference in a wide range of disciplines, and the bibliography contains more than 1,200 citations to English language works about reflexivity. The contributed papers investigate a number of forms and applications of self-reference, and examine some of the challenges posed by its difficult temperament. The editors hope that readers of this volume will gain a richer sense of the sti11largely unexplored frontiers of reflexivity, and of the indispensability of reflexive concepts and methods to foundational inquiries in philosophy, logic, language, and into the freedom, personality and intelligence of persons.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Earlham College, USA

    Peter Suber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Self-Reference

  • Book Subtitle: Reflections on Reflexivity

  • Editors: Steven J. Bartlett, Peter Suber

  • Series Title: Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3551-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3474-0Published: 28 February 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8088-0Published: 02 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3551-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-5090

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 368

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind

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