Abstract

The aim of this paper is to refute Dummett's argument in his book onFrege (1973: pp. 385-95)' for analysing temporal indicators, i.e. any expressions which carry temporal information, as sentential operators. I shall argue that Dummett does not refute two rival analyses of temporal indicators, viz. Quine's (1960) and Wilson's (1955), which use singular terms standing for times. I begin by sketching these three analyses and disposing of one argument for temporal operators (Section I). Section II presents Dummett's argument up to p. 389, where he concludes that temporal indicators are operators; and Section III criticizes it. Section IV presents and criticizes further arguments suggested by Dummett on pp. 390-95. Finally, I salvage something from the wreckage: a good argument why spatial indicators should not be analysed as operators.

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