Ideas from 'Demonstratives' by David Kaplan [1989], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Themes from Kaplan' (ed/tr Almog/Perry/Wettstein) [OUP 1989,0-19-505217-X]].

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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

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'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Schroeter]