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- Title
SECOND ORDER DESCRIPTIONS AND GENERAL TERM RIGIDITY.
- Authors
ZERBUDIS, EZEQUIEL
- Abstract
I examine Nathan Salmon's solution to the problem of trivialization, as it arises for conceptions of general term rigidity that construe it as identity of designation across possible worlds. I argue that he does not succeed in showing that some alleged general terms, such as "the colour of the sky" are non-rigid, but also that a small class of different examples that he presents, which can be construed as second order descriptions, are indeed non-rigid general terms, although for reasons different from those he thought.
- Subjects
SALMON, Nathan; SEMANTICS (Philosophy); FORM (Logic); MODAL logic; LOGIC; PHILOSOPHY; ORDER (Philosophy)
- Publication
Crítica, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 135, p3
- ISSN
0011-1503
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2013.669