Naming and Necessity From a Functional Point of View

Croatian Journal of Philosophy 13 (1):93-98 (2013)
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to develop a new connection between naming and necessity. I argue that Kripkeā€™s historical account of naming presupposes the functional necessity of naming. My argument appeals to the etiological notion of function, which can be thought to capture the necessity of functionality in historical terms. It is shown that the historical account of naming entails all conditions in an etiological definition of function.

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Osamu Kiritani
Tokyo Women's Medical University

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