First-person thought and the use of 'I'

The traditional account (TA) of first-person thought draws conclusions about this type of thinking from claims made about the first-person pronoun. In this paper I raise a worry for the traditional account. Certain uses of `I' conflict with its conception of the linguistic data. I argue that once the data is analysed correctly, the traditional approach to first-person thought cannot be maintained. Keywords `I'

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: SYNTHESE
• Authors: Komarine Romdenh-Romluc
• Keywords: Certain Uses, First-person Pronoun, SYNTHESE 2008, Traditional Account