Rigid Designation and Theoretical Identities

by Joseph LaPorte

Book Overview

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"