The course will discuss various formulations of rigid designation, direct reference, and various problems associated with these views. Depending upon time, topics will include Carnap's notion of individual concepts and his distinction between intension and extension, David Kaplan's Demonstratives, various notions of propositions, the sense in which natural kind terms are rigid, problems concerning belief contexts and vacuous names for the new theory of reference. Basic familiarly with Naming and Necessity will be assumed.
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