Single Idea 15377

[catalogued under 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity]

Full Idea

Definite descriptions pick out different objects in different possible worlds quite naturally.

Gist of Idea

Definite descriptions pick out different objects in different possible worlds

Source

Melvin Fitting (Intensional Logic [2007], 3.4)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.16


A Reaction

A definite description can pick out the same object in another possible world, or a very similar one, or an object which has almost nothing in common with the others.