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Ideas for 'Function and Concept', 'Mental Content' and 'The Problem of the Essential Indexical'

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19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

4972	I may regard a thought about Phosphorus as true, and the same thought about Hesperus as false [Frege]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

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If we replace 'I' in sentences about me, they are different beliefs and explanations of behaviour [Perry]

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Indexicals individuate certain belief states, helping in explanation and prediction [Perry]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique

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Indexicals reveal big problems with the traditional idea of a proposition [Perry]