Pragmatism and Anscombe on the First Person

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Heal
Keyword(s):  
First Person ◽  
Famous Paper ◽  
Insight Into

Anscombe’s famous paper on the first person makes claims which may seem bewildering or absurd, that we have ‘unmediated conceptions’ of some of our states and actions, that these conceptions are ‘subjectless’, and also, very controversially, that ‘I’ does not refer. Anscombe would not have identified herself as a pragmatist. But we can gain insight into and sympathy with some of these claims (even if we do not end up fully endorsing all of them) by seeing that they arise from her asking central pragmatist questions about ‘I’, that is how we use the word and why using it that way is important for us. Her answer centres on what she calls ‘self-consciousness’, that is, our ability to speak for ourselves, to say how things are with us, or what we are doing without checking to make sure that it is really ourselves we are speaking about.

Reading and Interpreting Variants inCome and Go,Va-et-vientandKommen und Gehen

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Pascale Sardin
Keyword(s):  
Greek Tragedy ◽  
French Translation ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
Famous Paper ◽  
Textual Variants ◽  
Insight Into

This paper focuses on textual variants in Come and Go, Va-et-vient and Kommen und Gehen and considers these variants as thresholds (Genette, 1997) into these works. This paper aims to show how Beckett's self-translating process, which was prolonged and complicated in the case of his plays when he directed them himself, produces a number of possible textual confusions, but also how these complications constitute insight into the Beckettian text. Indeed variants and rewritings point to moments in the writing and rewriting process when Beckett met ‘resistant vitalities’ mentioned by George Steiner in After Babel (1975). To illustrate this, I study Beckett's first ‘dramaticule’, Come and Go, by examining its pre-texts, the French translation, and Beckett's production notebooks for Kommen und Gehen. In these texts, I explore the motifs of death and ocular anxiety, as studied by Freud in his famous paper on ‘The Uncanny.’ I show how the Freudian uncanny actually reveals the parodic archaism of Beckett's drama, as a parallel is drawn between the structure of Beckett's play and Greek tragedy. Beckett's sometimes ‘messy’ rewritings in Come and Go, Va-et-vient and Kommen und Gehen served the performing intuitive perception in us of death, an issue explored here through the trope of femininity. Furthermore, comparing Beckett's Come and Go and Va-et-vient makes it easier to see Beckett progressing towards what Deleuze called a ‘theatre of metamorphoses and permutations’ in Difference and Repetition – a monograph published in France the very year Come and Go was first produced (1966).

The Logic of Ambiguity

Janus Head ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-29
Author(s):  
Elizabeth McManaman Tyler ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
First Person ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Person Experience ◽  
First Person Experience

While recent work on trauma provides insight into the first-person experience of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Aristotelian propositional logic, which underlies Western paradigms of thought, contains implicit ontological assumptions about identity and time which obscure the lived experience of PTSD. Conversely, Indian Buddhist catuskoti logic calls into question dualistic and discursive forms of thought. This paper argues that catuskoti logic, informed by Buddhist ontology, is a more fitting logical framework when seeking to describe and understand the first-person experience of PTSD, as it allows for ambiguity, non-duality, and polysemy.

Foundation of Productions: Scripts and Playwriting

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Fan
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
First Person ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Dramatic Characters ◽  
Insight Into

Chapter 5 examines the textual foundation for model jingju productions from five perspectives. It begins with the ten plays’ synopses, followed by a discussion of the roles and functions of three categories of dramatic characters. The author then analyzes a singular overarching theme and three major supporting messages in model jingju. To provide insight into the delivery of these important motifs, the author offers further analysis on a general plotting pattern and three scene types that contribute significantly to model jingju theatricality. The last section focuses on an especially noteworthy aspect—literary construction—examining the narrative structure and use of language in model jingju in the context of their connections to traditional practices. This chapter features Wang Zengqi’s first-person narrative of the creative process resulting in Shajiabang and a close analysis of rhymed vernacular speech with primary examples from Azalea Mountain.

The Limits of Internalism: A Case Study

Dialogue ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karyn L. Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Belief Formation ◽  
First Person ◽  
Knowledge Communities ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Psychological Dimensions ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into

ABSTRACT: Looking at specific populations of knowers reveals that the presumption of sameness within knowledge communities can lead to a number of epistemological oversights. A good example of this is found in the case of survivors of sexual violence. In this paper I argue that this case study offers a new perspective on the debate between the epistemic internalist and externalist by providing us with a fresh insight into the complicated psychological dimensions of belief formation and the implications that this has for an epistemology that demands reasons that are first-person accessible.

A Child’s Heart: A Psychological Study

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cramer
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Short Story ◽  
First Person ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
Insight Into

‘A Child’s Heart’ is a short story written by Herman Hesse concerning an eleven year old boy. As an account, in the first person, of the child’s emotions it provides an insight into child development.The child, for reasons unknown to himself, stole dried figs from his father’s study on finding his father absent. There followed manifold expressions of guilt such as misery, remorse and resentment. Hesse describes his attitude toward his father as one of “reverence and rebellion” which “contested in my overladen heart.”

scholarly journals First person – Stéphanie Cottier

Biology Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. bio054171
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Cell Wall Protein ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Person ◽  
Conserved Residues ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Stéphanie Cottier is first author on ‘The yeast cell wall protein Pry3 inhibits mating through highly conserved residues within the CAP domain’, published in BiO. Stéphanie is a post-doc in the lab of Roger Schneiter at the University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, investigating using yeast model organism to gain insight into the function of the widespread CAP protein superfamily.

The Bayesian Controversy in Statistical Inference

1967 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Barnard
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Inference ◽  
Occupational Group ◽  
Major Advance ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Bayes’S Theorem ◽  
Famous Paper ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Bayes's Theorem ◽  
Insight Into

When I was invited to read this paper I felt not only honoured but particularly pleased to be given the opportunity to set forth for your criticism the views I have come to hold concerning the complex of problems centred round the use of Bayes's theorem. For what body of people has for longer been engaged in the application of the mathematical doctrine of probabilities to the affairs of life? And so, what body could be better fitted to judge the merits and the faults of any attempt to clarify the principles of the subject? It is no accident that the original publication of Bayes's famous paper was brought about by the author of the Northampton Life Table; and in the modern period, in dealing with the criticisms of Bayes's postulate stemming from Boole, the credit for a major advance is shared between Sir Harold Jeffreys and Mr Wilfred Perks, independent originators of the theory of invariant prior distributions. And, to anticipate a point I shall develop in more detail later on, it appears to me that the experience of actuaries in the formation of categories as, for instance, by occupational group, as abstainers or non-abstainers, and so on, can be highly relevant to the effective use of Bayes's theorem in many wider contexts; and an examination of the principles underlying the formation of categories should improve our insight into problems of statistical inference in general.

Bridging the gap: from service user to service provider

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Maddi Faith
Keyword(s):  
Service Provider ◽  
Service User ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
First Person ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share the author’s personal experiences as both a service user for the past 10 years and becoming a professional working in the same field. This paper aims to provide an insight into some of the barriers faced relating to support and procedures, as well as provide advice and guidance to service users and professionals. Design/methodology/approach This paper is designed primarily as a narrative; a first-person approach is taken. Findings Advice and reflections for service users is given as well as guidance for professionals. Originality/value This paper is a narrative of an individual’s personal experiences and observations therefore providing a unique outlook. This paper contributes to both service users who may feel unsure about or overwhelmed by their treatment and their involvement in decisions, as well as professionals trying to develop their understanding and awareness of less thought about needs for autonomy for service users and improving their practice.

scholarly journals Assuming ability of youth with autism: Synthesis of methods capturing the first-person perspectives of children and youth with disabilities

Autism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1882-1896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rackeb Tesfaye ◽  
Valerie Courchesne ◽  
Afiqah Yusuf ◽  
Tal Savion-Lemieux ◽  
Ilina Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
First Person ◽  
Primary Methods ◽  
Parent Consultation ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Insight Into

Most research regarding youth with autism spectrum disorder has not focused on their first-person perspectives providing limited insight into methodologies best suited to eliciting their voices. We conducted a synthesis of methods previously used to obtain the first-person perspectives of youth with various disabilities, which may be applicable to youth with autism spectrum disorder. Two-hundred and eighty-four articles met the inclusion criteria of our scoping review. We identified six distinct primary methods (questionnaires, interviews, group discussion, narratives, diaries, and art) expressed through four communication output modalities (language, sign language and gestures, writing, and images). A group of parents who have children with autism spectrum disorder were then presented with a synthesis of results. This parent consultation was used to build on approaches identified in the literature. Parents identified barriers that may be encountered during participant engagement and provided insights on how best to conduct first-person research with youth with autism spectrum disorder. Based on our findings, we present a novel methodological framework to capture the perspectives of youth with various communication and cognitive abilities, while highlighting family, youth, and expert contributions.

Two Seventeenth-Century Central Asian Travellers to Mughal India

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Foltz
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
First Person ◽  
Modern Reader ◽  
Persian Language ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Shed Light

Among the few published Central Asian sources of the seventeenth century are two very unusual Persian-language accounts by Central Asians of their stays in Mughal India: the memoirs of Mutribi al-Asamm Samarqandi, and the travelogue of Mahmud b. Amir Wali. Written in stylistically different but distinctly personal voices untypical for their time, these accounts offer the modern reader valuable first-person insight into the minds and outlooks of their authors and shed light on the nature of how Muslims in Asia thought about their world and its boundaries.

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