tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503156933742060398.post3554159280101434777..comments2023-09-28T05:05:02.102-07:00Comments on Gavagai!: Coincident objectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503156933742060398.post-82081234445541975022010-12-18T08:37:36.316-08:002010-12-18T08:37:36.316-08:00It has occurred to me that it might be far better ...It has occurred to me that it might be far better to use modal logic so that the first string of sentences describing its essential properties ascribe necessity to each sentence while the last string of disjunctive ones are of possibility.NChenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925449187109030870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503156933742060398.post-17010446735603257742010-12-16T17:55:23.911-08:002010-12-16T17:55:23.911-08:00This makes sense to me and would also be useful fo...This makes sense to me and would also be useful for explaining intensional identities. For example, someone might know who Barack Obama is and understand the phrase "44th President of the United States" without knowing that the two are identical. But they're definitely not identical in all possible worlds, just this one. On the other hand, there isn't some obvious property we can use to separate the two out, since they refer to the same object.Carl M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08735581414895337655noreply@blogger.com