Beyond Rigidity? Essentialist Predication and the Rigidity of General Terms

I offer a brief formal exploration of a certain natural extension of the notion of rigidity to predicates, the notion of an essentialist predicate. I show that, under reasonable assumptions, true "identification sentences" involving essentialist predicates (such as 'Cats are animals&...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mario Gómez-Torrente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2018-12-01
Series:Crítica
Subjects:
Online Access:https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/443
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!