Dear all, Next week, Serious Metaphysics will feature our own Daniel Brigham presenting "Salvaging Salva Congruitate" (abstract below). As usual, we'll be meeting at 12pm, and we'll be back to our regular home in the Philosophy Faculty Board Room.
I hope to see many of you there. Best, Emily ________________________________ Salvaging Salva Congruitate One half of Wright's (2001, 73) Reference Principle is that co-referring terms are intersubstitutable salva congruitate in all contexts. Though this is a compelling thought, Alex Oliver (2005) has recently argued that it is false, presenting a number of (putative) counterexamples. I argue that if we accept that terms refer only in the context of a proposition, which, subject to some qualification, I think we should, then an interpretation of the salva congruitate claim emerges that is immune to Oliver's counterexamples. I'll go on to discuss the philosophical importance of this. _____________________________________________________ Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive
