The Space of Reasons 2008-03-28

2008 CUNY Graduate Philosophy Conference

The students of the Ph.D./M.A. Program in Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center present our Eleventh Annual Graduate Student Philosophy Conference on March 28 & 29, 2008. All events will be held at the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue. Friday, March 28, 2008 1:00–2:15 Room 9204 "Rigidity, Theoretical Identification and Essentialism"Nigel Leary, University of Birmingham Commentator: Mark Alfano Chair: Monique Whitaker Download this paper | Show abstractIn this paper I will reinterpret the claim that Kripke's theoretical identification sentences express, when true, a posteriori necessities concerning natural kinds. I will argue that there is a clear disanalogy between proper names and natural kind terms, locating this difference both in the motivation behind the individual projects, and at the semantics of theoretical identification sentences. I will then argue that any necessity concerning natural kinds within the Kripkean semantic program ...

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