Lexicon of Arguments

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Frank I 22
Now/PerryVsFrege: "today" is not a completing or "saturating" sense, absolutely no sense, but a reference object - meaning remains, reference varies.
>Indexicality, >Index words, >Meaning, >Reference, >Sense, >Contextuality.
Frank I 394f
Today/Meaning: is constant; however, the truth value of index word "today it is beautiful": is not constant, so the meaning is changing. - If understanding is knowing the truth value.
>Truth value, >Context, >Understanding, >Truth conditions, cf. >Understanding/Dummett.
Perry: the role (the determination method) changes, the meaning remains constant. Then, the meaning cannot be a part of the thought.
>Meaning, >Thoughts.
What the speaker thinks is irrelevant to the meaning of the index word.
>Beliefs, >Self-identification, >Self-knowledge.

Hector-Neri Castaneda (1987b): Self-Consciousness, Demonstrative Reference,
and the Self-Ascription View of Believing, in: James E. Tomberlin (ed) (1987a): Critical Review of Myles Brand's "Intending and Acting", in: Nous 21 (1987), 45-55

James E. Tomberlin (ed.) (1986): Hector-Neri.Castaneda, (Profiles: An
International Series on Contemporary Philosophers and Logicians,
Vol. 6), Dordrecht 1986

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