Beta-Conversion and the Being Constraint
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Rayo, Agustin
Date Issued
2021
Journal
Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Rayo, Agustín. 2021. "Beta-Conversion and the Being Constraint." Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 95 (1).
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Modal contingentists face a dilemma: there are two attractive principles of which they can only accept one. In this paper I show that the most natural way of resolving the dilemma leads to expressive limitations. I then develop an alternative resolution. In addition to overcoming the expressive limitations, the alternative picture allows for an attractive account of arithmetic and for a style of semantic theorizing that can be helpful to contingentists.
Modal contingentists face a dilemma: there are two attractive principles of which they can only accept one. In this paper I show that the most natural way of resolving the dilemma leads to expressive limitations. I then develop an alternative resolution. In addition to overcoming the expressive limitations, the alternative picture allows for an attractive account of arithmetic and for a style of semantic theorizing that can be helpful to contingentists.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ARISUP/AKAB009
