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Stalnaker I 198
"Dthat" rigidity: is a rigid-making operator: the object should thus be defined as the same in all possible worlds.
Rigidity/rigid/Evans: e.g. Julius/Zip/Evans/Stalnaker: "The inventor of the zip, we call him Julius" - the example can be interpreted in two ways: A) as an abbreviation of a complex singular term "dthat [the inventor of the zip]". Then "inventor of the zip" is part of the meaning. And it is a logical truth that he invented it. B) as a determination: that Julius is the name of the person.
Then it would be a semantic ((s) non-logical connection) between name and person. - Then the role of the description would be to set the reference. For example, someone hears the name: Case A) then he/she does not understand the utterance - then "dthat [the person to which Stalnaker referred to in the situation]" ad B) if the semantic properties of "Julius" are part of the historical causal chain, then the competent speaker does not need to know anything about it. Cf. >Operators.

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