A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Are necessary identities ever disbelieved?
Authors: Ari Maunu
Publisher: UNIV FED MINAS GERAIS, DEPT FILOSOFIA & CIENCIAS HUMANAS
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Kriterion
Journal name in source: KRITERION-REVISTA DE FILOSOFIA
Journal acronym: KRITERION-BELO HORIZ
Volume: 61
Issue: 145
First page : 99
Last page: 106
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 0100-512X
eISSN: 1981-5336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-512X2020n14505am
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Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/48478791
The purpose of this paper is to bring out, by means of a simple thought experiment involving demonstratives, a discrepancy between what is expressed and what is believed (which contradicts the Theory of Direct Reference), and to consider some consequences of this - most notably, whether we might hold, for example, that the ancients never believed that Hesperus is not Phosphorus.
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