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indexicalism

indexicalism noun: a philosophy of indexicality.

Noun

indexicalism (uncountable)

  1. A philosophy of indexicality
    • According to indexicalism, at any time during the interval t 1 –t 4, Cyrano has to lose all of his properties and gain new ones: he first has the property “having-a-big-nose-at-t 1 ”, then the property “having-a-big-nose-at-t 2 ”, then the property “having-a-big-nose-at-t 3 ”, and so on.2007 September 20, Jiri Benovsky, “The bundle theory and the substratum theory: deadly enemies or twin brothers?”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI

Origin of indexicalism

From indexical + -ism.

Questions about indexicalism

What does indexicalism mean?
Indexicalism means a philosophy of indexicality.
What part of speech is indexicalism?
Indexicalism is a noun.

Words near indexicalism in the dictionary

  1. indexes
  2. indexic
  3. indexical
  4. indexicalisation
  5. indexicalisations
  6. indexicalism
  7. indexicalist
  8. indexicalities
  9. indexicality
  10. indexically
  11. indexicals

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