What is character?

Journal of Philosophical Logic 24 (3):241--273 (1995)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

David Kaplan distinguishes between character and content in his theory of demonstratives and indexicals. This paper argues that David Kaplan's theory of demonstratives contains two different, incompatible, descriptions of what character is. It argues that one of them is superior. It argues that, ultimately, a theory of indexicals needs a theory of structured characters.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1007/bf01344202

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

What is Character?Joel J. Kupperman - 1995 - In Character. New York, US: OUP Usa.
Lessons from the logic of demonstratives: what indexicality teaches us about logic and vice versa.G. Russell - 2012 - In Greg Restall & Gillian Kay Russell, New waves in philosophical logic. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Shifty characters.Eliot Michaelson - 2014 - Philosophical Studies 167 (3):519-540.
Kaplan's Sloppy Thinker and the Demonstrative Origin of Indexicals.Carlo Penco & Guido Borghi - 2018 - Quaderni di Semantica (special issue):137-157.
The I in logic.Gillian Russell - forthcoming - Theoria.
Logic for Languages Containing Referentially Promiscuous Expressions.Geoff Georgi - 2015 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 44 (4):429-451.
Demonstratives, Pure Indexicals, and Essential Indexicals.Eros Corazza - 2004 - In Reflecting the Mind: Indexicality and Quasi-Indexicality. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK. pp. 135-173.
Direct Reference by Singular Proposition.Joseph Almog - 2014 - In Referential Mechanics: Direct Reference and the Foundations of Semantics. New York, US: Oxford University Press. pp. 35-60.
Hegel on the Universals of Indexicals.Zhili Xiong - 2024 - Journal of Philosophical Research 49:113-127.
Indexicals.David Braun - 2012 - In Ed Zalta, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford, CA: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
213 (#189,472)

6 months
10 (#1,164,201)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Photo of David Braun
David Braun
University at Buffalo

Citations of this work

Indexicals.David Braun - 2012 - In Ed Zalta, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford, CA: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Is meaning cognized?David Balcarras - 2023 - Mind and Language 38 (5):1276-1295.
Structured characters and complex demonstratives.David Braun - 1994 - Philosophical Studies 74 (2):193--219.
Complex demonstratives and their singular contents.David Braun - 2008 - Linguistics and Philosophy 31 (1):57-99.
Non-World Indices and Assessment-Sensitivity.Peter Lasersohn - 2013 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 56 (2-3):122-148.

View all 21 citations / Add more citations

References found in this work

Demonstratives: An Essay on the Semantics, Logic, Metaphysics and Epistemology of Demonstratives and other Indexicals.David Kaplan - 1989 - In Joseph Almog, John Perry & Howard Wettstein, Themes From Kaplan. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 481-563.
Themes From Kaplan.Joseph Almog, John Perry & Howard Wettstein (eds.) - 1989 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic.Rudolf Carnap - 1947 - Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press.
Situations and Attitudes.Jon Barwise & John Perry - 1983 - Cambridge: MIT Press. Edited by John Perry.
General semantics.David K. Lewis - 1970 - Synthese 22 (1-2):18--67.

View all 8 references / Add more references