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Now: The now is the present moment, or the moment that is currently happening. It is the only moment that we can experience directly, and it is the only moment that we have any control over. See also Time, Past, Present, Future, Experience, Events.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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John Perry on Now - Dictionary of Arguments

Frank I 22
Now/PerryVsFrege: "today" is not a completing or "saturating" sense, absolutely no sense, but a reference object - meaning remains, reference varies.
>Indexicality
, >Index words, >Meaning, >Reference, >Sense, >Contextuality.
Frank I 394f
Today/Meaning: is constant; however, the truth value of index word "today it is beautiful": is not constant, so the meaning is changing. - If understanding is knowing the truth value.
>Truth value, >Context, >Understanding, >Truth conditions, cf. >Understanding/Dummett.
Perry: the role (the determination method) changes, the meaning remains constant. Then, the meaning cannot be a part of the thought.
>Meaning, >Thoughts.
What the speaker thinks is irrelevant to the meaning of the index word.
>Beliefs, >Self-identification, >Self-knowledge.

Hector-Neri Castaneda (1987b): Self-Consciousness, Demonstrative Reference,
and the Self-Ascription View of Believing, in: James E. Tomberlin (ed) (1987a): Critical Review of Myles Brand's "Intending and Acting", in: Nous 21 (1987), 45-55

James E. Tomberlin (ed.) (1986): Hector-Neri.Castaneda, (Profiles: An
International Series on Contemporary Philosophers and Logicians,
Vol. 6), Dordrecht 1986

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Perr I
J. R. Perry
Identity, Personal Identity, and the Self 2002

Fra I
M. Frank (Hrsg.)
Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994


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