| Συγγραφέας: Scott Soames 
 
 Scott Soames:   Coordination Problems    (pdf, 12 pages)
 
 Although  ‘Rxx’  and  ‘Rxy’  are  both  applications  of  a  two-place  predicate  to  a  pair  of terms, ‘Rxx’ resembles a one-place predicate in that all one needs to evaluate it is an assignment to ‘x’.  A similar point applies to the sequences ‘Fx’, ‘Gx’ and ‘Fx’, ‘Gy’ – even though neither is a one-place predicate. Kit Fine’s semantic relationalism aims to extract a common idea uniting these comparisons, and to use it to provide a Millian solution to Frege’s Puzzle. (1a)  and  (1b),  are  said  to  be  cognitively different  in  that  uses  of  them  “can  convey different information to someone who understands both sentences.” (34) 1a. Cicero is Cicero b. Cicero is Tully... |