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    It is not the case that If propositions are eternal, the apparent context-dependence of tensed sentences is handled at the level of character or content, not by enriching circumstances with time indices.

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    • 1.Character-based handlers struggle with non-indexical temporal reference: 'The meeting was yesterday' lacks context-sensitivity markers like 'I' or 'now'.
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    • 2.If propositions are eternal, we cannot explain why tensed sentences seem to express genuinely different claims when repeated at different times.
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    • 3.Circumstances with time indices better preserve the intuition that truth-values of tensed statements genuinely vary with when they're evaluated.
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    • 1.Propositions must be eternal to serve as stable truth-bearers across different times and possible worlds.
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    • 2.Kaplan's character/content distinction elegantly explains how 'I am here now' expresses different propositions without multiplying entities.
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    • 3.Adding time indices to circumstances commits us to temporal ontology that propositions themselves don't require.
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