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After presenting a variety of arguments in support of the idea that ordinary names are indexical, I respond to John Perry's recent arguments against the indexicality of names. I conclude by indicating some connections between the theory of names defended here and Wittgenstein's observations on naming, and suggest that the latter may have been misconstrued in the literature.

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Pelczar, M.W. Names as Tokens and Names as Tools. Synthese 128, 133–155 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010304825913

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