Reply to Eros Corazza

Abstract

Bozickovic argues that our way of thinking of, e.g., days, is not guided by linguistic meaning (characters). Sense or modes of presentation are wholly independent of characters. Furthermore, these character-independent modes of presentation are what guide behavior (see pg. 79). These actions are circumstantial and cannot be systematically linked to the meaning (character) of indexicals (see pg. 117). I am not sure I follow Bozickovic here. For, Frege introduced senses with respect to language, to explain the difference in cognitive significance between different co-referring expressions. But this does not limit senses to being used for characterizing language. The same with characters. They can be used to characterize and classify different behaviors.