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nounindexicality (countable and uncountable, plural indexicalities)
plural indexicalities
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe quality or state of being indexical.
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.
2007 May 31, Jussi Wiljami Jylkkä, “Theories of natural kind term reference and empirical psychology”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 2, →DOI
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