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    It is not the case that Kaplan's 'dthat' operator and his own formal system demonstrate that context alone can fix reference for all directly referential terms without invoking a separate circumstance parameter.

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    • 1.Even dthat-rigidified terms require evaluation across possible worlds to determine truth values, requiring circumstance parameters Kaplan claims to eliminate.
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    • 2.Context fixes *which object* is referenced, but determining whether 'dthat(x) exists' is true requires evaluating that object's existence in different circumstances.
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    • 3.Kaplan conflates reference-fixing with truth-evaluation; context alone handles the former, but the latter necessarily invokes circumstance parameters.
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    • 1.The dthat operator successfully demonstrates that a single contextual assignment can determine reference without invoking possible worlds or circumstance parameters.
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    • 2.Direct reference theories require only context-dependent content, not circumstance-dependent truth conditions, making extra parameters metaphysically unnecessary.
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    • 3.Kaplan's formal system treats character (context-to-content mapping) as sufficient for all linguistic reference, avoiding redundant modal machinery.
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