Vol. I  ·  Inaugural Issue

The Essential Indexical

A journal of consciousness, reference, and the first person

The lead essay

The Word That Cannot Be Replaced

An inquiry into “I” and what philosophy still owes John Perry — by the editors

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In this issue

Lead Essay

The Word That Cannot Be Replaced

Why no third-person description, however complete, can carry the meaning of saying “I”.

A reading of Perry · 14 minutes

Forthcoming

The Sugar on the Floor

On the supermarket case, the trailing shopper, and the moment a belief becomes a reason.

In preparation

Forthcoming

Now, and the Question of When

Temporal indexicals, the felt present, and the metaphysics of now.

In preparation

Forthcoming

What a Machine Cannot Mean

Whether a system without a perspective can use the first person — and what we might mean by such use.

In preparation