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    It is not the case that Even if Fitch's conjunction is an indexical expression, there is no reason to think it is non-rigid

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    • 1.Kaplan's framework establishes that indexicals like 'I' and 'now' are paradigmatically rigid because their character fixes reference across contexts.
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    • 2.Fitch's conjunction 'p and p is unknown' contains 'unknown' whose extension shifts with evaluating context, making its rigidity non-trivial to assert without argument.
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    • 3.The burden of proof lies with those claiming rigidity for context-sensitive expressions, not with those questioning it.
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    • 1.Kvanvig's epistemic indexical reading entails that 'unknown' picks out different propositions relative to different epistemic communities or times.
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    • 2.A term that picks out different properties relative to different contexts of evaluation satisfies the standard semantic criterion for non-rigidity.
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    • 1.Indexicality does not imply non-rigidity
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    • 2.Kvanvig's argument at most establishes that Fitch's conjunction is indexical, not that it is non-rigid
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