Greg Detre
Prof Edgington
Friday, 19 May, 2000
Philosophy Library lecture room
scope cont.
Russellian theory - making a sentence containing a definite description (usually formed with conjunctive quantified clauses) predicts scope distinctions, which we find
rigid designator � same person in all possible situations
non-rigid � can designate different people in different situations
1. basically Russellian meaning � explain referential use
2.
basically referential � explain attributive use
3. ambiguity: the/the*
4. single �thing� meaning from which (+ context) both uses can be explained
Kaplan (character + content)
contingent = true, but could have been false
there is (or was) a possible situation in which P is false
necessary truth = true, and can only be true
a priori � known not on the basis of experience
a posteriori can (only be) known on the basis of experience
analytic = reducible to a logical truth by substitution of synonyms for synonyms
is true solely in virtue of its meaning
synthetic =