Indexicalism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A philosophy of indexicality uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From indexical + -ism.
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