Constructing Contexts
Published in Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy • Sep 1, 2015
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Authors:
Brett Sherman
Abstract
It is commonly held that the context with respect to which an indexical is interpreted is determined independently of the interpretation of the indexical. This view, which I call Context Realism, has explanatory significance: it is because the context is what it is that an indexical refers to what i...