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    Supports→"I" is an indexical expression.

    If "I am hungry" has different content depending on who utters it, then "I" has different content when uttered by Mary than when uttered by Sam.

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    The report is obviously false; Mary said that Mary is hungry, not that Sam is. The falsity of Sam’s report suggests that “I am hungry” has a different content out of Mary’s mouth than out of Sam’s; and this, in turn, suggests that “I” has a different content when uttered by Mary than when uttered by Sam. Hence, it suggests that “I” is an indexical.

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