Two notions of rigidity
I argue for recognizing a semantic category of designators. Some designators are rigid while others are not. In explaining the notion of rigidity, we should not follow Saul Kripke and invoke possible worlds. Rather, we should follow Richard Cartwright and say that the designator ‘a’ is rigid if and...
Main Author: | Rumfitt, I |
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Other Authors: | Grzankowski, A |
Format: | Book section |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2024
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