Ah! Yes, that makes sense. Philosophers use this language all the time, and I sometimes forget what is common speech and what is not. An index in this case is like a pointer. Words like “this,” “here,” “now,” “I,” are all indexicals—they indicate as if by gesturing (and sometimes, actually by gesturing).
Ah! Yes, that makes sense. Philosophers use this language all the time, and I sometimes forget what is common speech and what is not. An index in this case is like a pointer. Words like “this,” “here,” “now,” “I,” are all indexicals—they indicate as if by gesturing (and sometimes, actually by gesturing).