is the cousin of Bernard J. Ortcutt, a character originally created by W.V. Quine to illustrate the distinction between de dicto and de re attitude ascriptions. References (Standard philosophical references for de se that discuss Lingens' predicament) Gottlob Frege (1997 [1918–19]). Thought. In The Frege Reader, ed. by Michael Beaney. New York: Blackwell. pp. 325–345. John Perry (1977). Frege on demonstratives Philosophical Review 86. pp. 474–97 David Lewis (1979). Attitudes de dicto and de se Philosophical Review 88. pp. 513–43 David Kaplan (1989). Demonstratives. In Themes from Kaplan, ed. by Joseph Almog, John Perry & Howard Wettstein. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 481–614. Analytic philosophy Thought experiments in philosophy Literary characters introduced in 1918 Placeholder names