The description 'the object causally responsible for this perceptual state' is available to Sally and uniquely picks out Bill, grounding her demonstrative in a disguised definite description.
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disguised definite description(Russellian descriptivism about proper names)
A proper name whose semantic content is equivalent to a definite description, such that 'Bill Gates' would mean something like 'the richest living person in the world'
grounding(Drawn from contemporary metaphysics; proposed as potentially applicable to understanding the foundations of legality.)
A metaphysical relation in which some entities or facts are more foundational than others, providing a hierarchical structure of the world.