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Mind 1998 107(425):113-135; doi:10.1093/mind/107.425.113
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Quotation and the use-mention distinction

P Saka

Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Quote marks, I claim, serve to select from the multiple ostensions that are produced whenever any expression is uttered; they act to constrain pragmatic ambiguity or indeterminacy. My argument proceeds by showing that the proffered account fares better than its rivals-the Name, Description, Demonstrative, and Identity Theories. Along the way I shall need to explain and emphasize that quoting is not simply the same thing as mentioning. Quoting, but not mentioning, relies on the use of conventional devices.


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