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Single Idea 11881

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

Full Idea

Evans argues that there can be rigid designators that are meaningful even if empty.

Gist of Idea

Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty

Source

report of Gareth Evans (Reference and Contingency [1979]) by Penelope Mackie - How Things Might Have Been 1.8

Book Ref

Mackie,Penelope: 'How Things Might Have Been' [OUP 2006], p.16