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Note: indexical pronouns ('she') refers to x in all possible worlds even though fixed by a description such as 'the person pointed to'

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names as rigid designators

Note

Kripke's suggestion is that an indexical pronoun, e.g., 'she', refers to something x which counts as its reference in every possible world even though it is fixed by some description, e.g., 'the person pointed to'.


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