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[from 'Mental Files' by François Recanati, in 19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics ]

Full Idea

If you and I think 'I am tired', there is a sense in which we think the same thing, and another sense in which we think different things.

Gist of Idea

If two people think 'I am tired', they think the same thing, and they think different things

Source

François Recanati (Mental Files [2012], 18.1)

Book Reference

Recanati,François: 'Mental Files' [OUP 2012], p.246


A Reaction

This is a very nice simple account of the semantic distinctiveness of indexicals, which obviously requires a 'two-tiered framework'. He cites Kaplan and Perry as background.