TY - JOUR
T1 - Descriptivism, rigidified and anchored
AU - Pettit, Philip
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Stalnaker argues that, while the two-dimensional framework can be used to give expression to the claims associated with rigidified descriptivism, it cannot be used to support that position. He also puts forward some objections to rigidified descriptivism. I agree that rigidified descriptivism cannot be supported by appeal to the two-dimensional framework. But I think that Stalnaker's objections can be avoided under a descriptivism that introduces a causal as well as a descriptive element - a descriptivism in which the relevant descriptions are allowed to be, not only rigidified, but anchored in causal exposure to referents.
AB - Stalnaker argues that, while the two-dimensional framework can be used to give expression to the claims associated with rigidified descriptivism, it cannot be used to support that position. He also puts forward some objections to rigidified descriptivism. I agree that rigidified descriptivism cannot be supported by appeal to the two-dimensional framework. But I think that Stalnaker's objections can be avoided under a descriptivism that introduces a causal as well as a descriptive element - a descriptivism in which the relevant descriptions are allowed to be, not only rigidified, but anchored in causal exposure to referents.
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U2 - 10.1023/b:phil.0000019551.74826.f0
DO - 10.1023/b:phil.0000019551.74826.f0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37349050978
SN - 0031-8116
VL - 118
SP - 323
EP - 338
JO - Philosophical Studies
JF - Philosophical Studies
IS - 1-2
ER -