G.E.M. Anscombe argues that "I" is not a referring expression because it does not function like a proper name, demonstrative, or definite description, and there is independent reason to believe immaterial souls do not exist.

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  Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• first-person pronoun 'I' concept
• immaterial mind concept
• G.E.M. Anscombe entity