Meanings
nounindexicalism (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesA 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
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
indexicalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indexicalism
MLA
“indexicalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indexicalism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indexicalism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indexicalism.
Source: indexicalism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.