Rigid Designation and Theoretical Identities
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Joseph LaPorte offers a new account of the connections between the reference of words for properties and kinds, and theoretical identity statements. Some terms for concrete objects, such as "Hesperus" and "Phosphorus," are rigid, and the rigidity of these terms is important because it helps to determine whether certain statements containing them, including identity statements like 'Hesperus = Phosphorus', are necessary or contingent. These observations...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199609209
ISBN13:9780199609208
Release Date:February 2013
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:260 Pages
Weight:1.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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