I provide a novel semantic analysis of proper names and indexicals, combining insights from
the competing traditions of referentialism, championed by Kripke and Kaplan, and …

This paper deals with the semantics of de dicto, de re and de se belief reports. First, I flesh
out in some detail the established, classical theories that assume syntactic distinctions …

Kaplanian, two-dimensional theories secure rigidity for indexicals by positing special
contexts and semantic mechanisms reserved only for indexicals. The result is a deep and …

Shifty Asymmetries: Universals and Variation in Shifty Indexicality Page 1 Shifty Asymmetries:
Universals and Variation in Shifty Indexicality Amy Rose Deal University of California, Berkeley …

It has been shown that context shifting takes place within propositional attitudes. This paper
argues that there are other environments where context shift takes place, specifically in …

The property of projection poses a challenge to formal semantic theories, due to its apparent
non-compositional nature. Projected content is therefore typically analyzed as being …

The Right Frontier Constraint (RFC), originally proposed by Polanyi in the eighties (Polanyi
1985) is one of the central empirically motivated constraints on discourse update and …

LNCS 7218 - <TEX>{\itshape Now}</TEX>: A Discourse-Based Theory Page 1 Now: A
Discourse-Based Theory Julie Hunter l’Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour and l’EHESS/l’Institut …

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Just over fifty years ago, the publication of 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism'by WVO Quine
launched a persuasive and devastating attack on the common sense notion of word …