Single Idea 17003

[catalogued under 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation]

Full Idea

It is useful to have an operator which transforms each description into a term which rigidly designates the object actually satisfying the description. David Kaplan has proposed such an operator and calls it 'Dthat'.

Gist of Idea

Kaplan's 'Dthat' is a useful operator for transforming a description into a rigid designation

Source

Saul A. Kripke (Naming and Necessity notes and addenda [1972], note 22)

Book Reference

Kripke,Saul: 'Naming and Necessity' [Blackwell 1980], p.60


Related Idea

Idea 15183 'Dthat' operates to make a singular term into a rigid term [Sidelle]