Single Idea 15175

[catalogued under 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality]

Full Idea

In the evaluation of de dicto modal statements, whether some possible state of affairs is relevant to its truth does not depend on the identity of its objects, as in 'Necessarily, the President of the USA is male'.

Gist of Idea

Evaluation of de dicto modalities does not depend on the identity of its objects

Source

Alan Sidelle (Necessity, Essence and Individuation [1989], Ch.3)

Book Reference

Sidelle,Alan: 'Necessity, Essence and Individuation' [Cornell 1989], p.73


A Reaction

This is a more clear-cut and easy to grasp criterion than most that are on offer.