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General terms, rigidity and the trivialization problem

Genoveva MartíJosé Martínez-Fernández

pp. 277-293

Résumé

We defend the view that defines the rigidity of general terms as sameness of designated universal across possible worlds from the objection that such a characterization is incapable of distinguishing rigid from non-rigid readings of general terms and, thus, that it trivializes the notion of rigidity. We also argue that previous attempts to offer a solution to the trivialization problem do no succeed.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Moffett Marc, Ray Greg (2011) The 37th annual meeting of the society for exact philosophy. Synthese 181 (2).

Pages: 277-293

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9802-7

Citation complète:

Martí Genoveva, Martínez-Fernández José, 2011, General terms, rigidity and the trivialization problem. Synthese 181 (2), The 37th annual meeting of the society for exact philosophy, 277-293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9802-7.