Automatic indexicals include 'I' and 'tomorrow'; Perry says they are indexicals whose references are determined by their linguistic meanings and public contextual facts, such as the speaker and the day of utterance; intentions (other than the intention to use the indexical with its usual meaning) are irrelevant.
Rio 2012 might end up being remembered for the sheer absence of political leadership demonstrated by the heads of government who've flown in over the last couple of days with no intention of negotiating or agreeing anything, but that would perhaps be an unfair legacy, and mask the substantial evidence of change going on behind the scenes.
So many people extol the power of intention these days, you'd think it's a foolproof way to fulfill your desires.
Celebration of peace Professor Barry Chevannes, one of the main architects of the Violence Prevention Alliance, described the planned Peace Day march as a "powerful symbol of intention, a sacrament that can bring inward strength and grace" to Jamaicans who long for lasting peace.
Who hangs out at a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, without any intention of buying anything?
Post-traumatic stress disorder doesn't go away in a matter of days but the intention is to fight the allegations.
"We'll talk again over the next couple of days and our intention hopefully is to get him back in the side for the Test match".
He talks about friendly, peace-loving nations, when his own people have, to this day, no intention of living in either friendship or peace with Israel.
In addition to his helmet dives, Beebe applied the same method of research that he had pioneered in the tropics to a small area of ocean, sailing in circles around it for ten days with the intention of documenting all actions and interactions of marine life within that area.
As a part of a larger study, 77 participants (60.5% female, 76.3% White, M age = 20.8) completed 10 days of daily diary reports regarding their intention to use alcohol and alcohol consumption.
