Category: Castaneda, Hector-Neri
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A Puzzle About Direct Reference
The paradigms of direct reference are the indexicals and the demonstratives. The English letter 'I' is not the English word 'I,' and the word 'I' — the first-person singular pronoun — has non-indexical uses. But let's consider a standard indexical use of this pronoun. Tom says to Tina, I am hungry. Tom refers to himself…