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Taking Referentialism Seriously: A Response to the Modal Argument
Author(s) -
O'SULLIVAN BRENDAN
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1755-2567
pISSN - 0040-5825
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-2567.2009.01058.x
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , modal , epistemology , identity (music) , philosophy , sociology , aesthetics , biochemistry , chemistry , polymer chemistry
I argue that an identity theorist can successfully resist a Kripkean modal argument by employing what I call a metaconceptual move. Furthermore, by showing how this move fails to apply straightforwardly to Chalmers' argument, I clarify the nature of the threat presented by Chalmers and how it differs from a Kripkean modal argument.