first case of Peter leaning back ostensively to let Mary see William approaching, it is arguable that some of the basic information is made manifest indirectly, through Peter’s intention being made manifest. Someone who engages in any kind of osten-sive behaviour intentionally draws some attention to himself and intentionally makes manifest a few assumptions about himself: for instance, that he

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first case of Peter leaning back ostensively to let Mary see William approaching, it is arguable that some of the basic information is made manifest indirectly, through Peter’s intention being made manifest. Someone who engages in any kind of osten-sive behaviour intentionally draws some attention to himself and intentionally makes manifest a few assumptions about himself: for instance, that he