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Rigid designator
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Rigid designation
, Rigid designators
In modal logic and the philosophy of language, a term is said to be a rigid designator when it designates (picks out, denotes, refers to) the same…
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2017
2017
Names and Rigid Designation
J. Stanley
2017
Corpus ID: 126182724
2008
2008
Humean dispositionalism
Toby Handfield
2008
Corpus ID: 16381013
Humean metaphysics is characterized by a rejection of necessary connections between distinct existences. Dispositionalists claim…
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2005
2005
RIGID DESIGNATION, DIRECT REFERENCE, AND MODAL METAPHYSICS
A. Sullivan
2005
Corpus ID: 17091115
: In this paper I argue that questions about the semantics of rigid designation are commonly and illicitly run together with…
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2001
2001
Predication and the Problem of Universals
C. Legg
2001
Corpus ID: 55482497
Abstract This paper contrasts the scholastic realisms of David Armstrong and Charles Peirce. It is argued that the so-called…
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2001
2001
Demonstrative Reference And Cognitive Significance
Ronald Loeffler
Synthese
2001
Corpus ID: 41590769
Soulevant le probleme de la significiation cognitive de la croyance dans le contexte de la theorie de la reference directe, l'A…
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Demonstratives in Discourse
Henk Zeevat
Journal of Semantics
1999
Corpus ID: 43546927
There are two influential theories that deal with the role of the context in determining the meaning of sentences: Kaplan's logic…
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1998
1998
Particles and the Perversely Philosophical Schoolchild: Rigid Designation, Haecceitism and Statistics
A. Maidens
1998
Corpus ID: 190722757
RESUMEN En este articulo quiero llamar la atencion sobre la conexion entre la designacion rigida, con la consequencia de que nos…
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1998
1998
Context-sensitivity and the truth-operator in Hugh Maccoll's modal distinctions
W. Stelzner
1998
Corpus ID: 10795721
MacColl finds the logical foundation for his modal distinctions in the assumption that propositions can change their truth-value…
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1996
1996
BUCKET BRIGADES A self-organizing scheme for sharing work
J. Bartholdi
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D. Eisenstein
1996
Corpus ID: 110206022
Self-organizing systems do not require a centralized authority to manage them. Instead, they achieve global coSrdination…
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1993
1993
Probability and direct reference
Martine Nida-Rümelin
1993
Corpus ID: 86601679
I discuss three puzzles of probability theory which seem connected with problems of direct reference and rigid designation. The…
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