indexicalism

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English

Etymology

From indexical +‎ -ism.

Noun

indexicalism (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) A philosophy of indexicality
    • 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:
      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.