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(2011) Synthese 181 (2).

General terms, rigidity and the trivialization problem

Genoveva Martí, José Martínez-Fernández

pp. 277-293

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.

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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9802-7

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Martí, G. , Martínez-Fernández, J. (2011). General terms, rigidity and the trivialization problem. Synthese 181 (2), pp. 277-293.

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