indexicalism

noun

indexicalism

noun

Etymology From indexical + -ism.

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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences A philosophy of indexicality

  • According to indexicalism, at any time during the interval t 1 –t 4, Cyrano has to lose all of his properties and gain new ones: he first has the property “having-a-big-nose-at-t 1 ”, then the property “having-a-big-nose-at-t 2 ”, then the property “having-a-big-nose-at-t 3 ”, and so on.2007 September 20, Jiri Benovsky, “The bundle theory and the substratum theory: deadly enemies or twin brothers?”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI:

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