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Ideas for 'Individuals without Sortals', 'The Problem of the Essential Indexical' and 'Intro to 'The Reason's Proper Study''

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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]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths

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Many conceptual truths ('yellow is extended') are not analytic, as derived from logic and definitions [Hale/Wright]