Indexicality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being indexical. countable, uncountable

    "The theories of Kripke ( 1980 ), Soames ( 2003 ), and the proposal of Devitt and Sterelny, among others, take a stand on how the indexicality of natural kind terms is implemented."

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deixis

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"The theories of Kripke ( 1980 ), Soames ( 2003 ), and the proposal of Devitt and Sterelny, among others, take a stand on how the indexicality of natural kind terms is implemented."

Etymology

From indexical + -ity.

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