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    It is not the case that Kaplan's distinction between character and content shows that operators can target contextual parameters without requiring content to be evaluation-time-neutral.

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    • 1.The character/content distinction may obscure rather than clarify: what appears as 'targeting parameters' might just be context-sensitivity of truth-conditions.
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    • 2.If operators genuinely target contextual parameters independent of content, Kaplan owes a clear account of how parameters exist outside truth-conditional structure.
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    • 3.Non-neutral evaluation-time content suggests the character/content split is incomplete; additional theoretical machinery beyond Kaplan's framework may be necessary.
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    • 1.Character determines how expressions refer across contexts; content determines truth-values. These are genuinely distinct dimensions of meaning.
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    • 2.Operators like 'yesterday' shift context parameters without requiring all truth-conditions to remain invariant across evaluation times.
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    • 3.Kaplan's framework explains indexicals and demonstratives better than content-only theories, validating the character/content distinction's explanatory power.
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