Time: Monday, September 12, 1:00pm - 3:30pm Location: University of Sydney, Main Quad 422 Title: Individual Concepts: Naming, Identity and Necessity.
Abstract: I will make a proposal in the philosophy of language, before sketching a tentative proposal about metaphysical (subjunctive) modality which makes use of the first proposal. The first proposal is that names are tied to individual concepts, where the latter are neither held to determine reference nor to be analyzable in terms of general conceptual content. This natural middle way between Fregeanism and Millianism affords a simple solution some cardinal puzzles for views of naming. The second proposal, which will be explained, is that a proposition P is necessarily true iff it is satisfied by all configurations of its host system and the concepts involved in P are jointly adequate to their objects with respect to P. For background, see: http://sprachlogik.blogspot.com/2011/06/sketch-of-wa y-of-thinking-about.html and http://www.philosophyetc.n et/2011/07/guest-post-adveritisement-for.html<http://www.philosophyetc.net/2011/07/guest-post-adveritisement-for.html>
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