The answering machine paradox

Indexicals (Semantics);Kaplan, David;q(David Benjamin), 1933-

Gudmundsson, David ; Greenough, Patrick ; Greenough, Patrick

University:University of St Andrews

Department:Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies (School of)

关键词: Indexicals (Semantics);    Kaplan, David|q(David Benjamin), 1933-;   

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来源: DR-NTU

【 摘 要 】

The answering machine paradox has relatively recently sparked some debateregarding Kaplan’s Demonstrative (1977). A popular approach to solve theanswering machine paradox has been to reject Kaplan’s proper context thesis whilstlargely maintaining his framework for indexicals. In this thesis I will firstly presenttwo new answering machine type cases and argue that the existing solutions to theanswering machine paradox cannot deal with these cases. Then, I will propose anear-side pragmatic solution to the answering machine paradox that adequately dealswith these new answering machine cases in a way that adheres with our pre-theoretical intuitions.