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All the ideas for 'The Problem of the Essential Indexical', 'Nietzsche: a philosophical biography' and 'The Blue and Brown Notebooks'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / d. Nineteenth century philosophy

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Hegel, Fichte and Schelling wanted to know Kant's thing-in-itself, as ego, or nature, or spirit [Safranski]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / b. Elements of beliefs

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Indexicals are a problem for beliefs being just subject-proposition relations [Perry]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'

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'I' is a subject in 'I am in pain' and an object in 'I am bleeding' [Wittgenstein, by McGinn]

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 / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

6318	The doctrine of indeterminacy of translation seems implied by the later Wittgenstein [Wittgenstein, by Quine]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / c. Tenses and time

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Tense is essential for thought and action [Perry, by Le Poidevin]

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Actual tensed sentences cannot be tenseless, because they can cite their own context [Perry, by Le Poidevin]