Abstract
In her 1975 article The First Person (FP), Elizabeth Anscombe discusses the logical function of the word "I" and argues that it does not have a referential function. Some critics, however, regarded her thesis as paradoxical. According to Vincent Descombes, in his essay Le Marteau, Le Maillet et Le Clou, this accusation stems from a misinterpretation of the text, in which critics reduce th…