How Not to Derive Essentialism from the Theory of Reference

Journal of Philosophy 76 (12):703-725 (1979)
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A thorough critique (extracted from the author’s 1979 doctoral dissertation) of Kripke’s purported derivation, in footnote 56 of his philosophical masterpiece /Naming and Necessity/, of nontrivial modal essentialism from the theory of rigid designation.

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Some remarks on essentialism.Richard L. Cartwright - 1968 - Journal of Philosophy 65 (20):615-626.
Chandler on Contingent Identity.John L. King - 1978 - Analysis 38 (3):135 - 136.

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