Metalinguistic Monstrosity and Displaced Communications

David Kaplan's semantic theory for indexicals yields a distinct logic indexical languages that generates contingent priori truths. These special truths of the include examples like "I am here now", an utterance which expresses state affairs and yet which, according to Kaplan, cannot fail be true when it is uttered. This claim threatened by problem displaced communications: answerphone messages, example, seem facilitate instances negation this supposed logical truth as they allow agent message no longer at location encountered audience. Many such communications can identified in everyday natural language uses indexicals. Recent discussion has suggested error overly restrictive possible contexts his recognizes, he fails acknowledge possibility utterances occur context from are constructed. I reject diagnosis defend theory. Displaced communications, argue, best understood resulting pragmatically introduced metalinguistic context-shifting operation hence do not demand revision provide analysis pragmatic process underlying make case its merits over those rival accounts communications.