Castañeda's theory of 'quasi-indicators' shows that first-person self-reference in indirect discourse resists substitution by any third-person term, including indexicals like 'he'.
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Third-person term(as what cannot replace first-person references in indirect discourse)
A word that refers to someone other than the speaker (like 'he,' 'she,' 'that person,' or 'John'), rather than 'I' (first-person) or 'you' (second-person).
indexicals(Philosophy of language, semantics)
Expressions whose reference depends on the context of utterance, such as 'I' or 'here'
substitution(Central figure in Otherwise than Being for the ethical structure of subjectivity; OBBE: 113–124)
A passive mode of selfhood in which the self is displaced or burdened by the other — carrying what it cannot identify as properly its own.