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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Phaedrus' and 'The Problem of the Essential Indexical'

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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

12150

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

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

159	Only a good philosopher can be a good speaker [Plato]

5946	'Phaedrus' pioneers the notion of philosophical rhetoric [Lawson-Tancred on Plato]

158	An excellent speech seems to imply a knowledge of the truth in the mind of the speaker [Plato]