Guatemalan-American philosopher who contributed to the theory of indexicals (quasi-indexicals) and developed guise theory — a comprehensive ontology of propositional attitudes.
Quasi-indexicals: sentences reporting others' thoughts about themselves cannot be captured by standard indexicals or names — 'He believes he is the best' — requiring a new logical category. Guise theory: objects are bundles of guises (properties-as-instantiated); propositional attitudes relate agents to guises. Founded the journal Noûs.
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