Question
Two answers required. These two names are argued to have different diagonal propositions in Robert Stalnaker’s 1978 paper “Assertion.” For 10 points each:
[10h] The contrast between the presence of actual identity and lack of necessary identity between what two names was used by Saul Kripke to explain his idea of rigid designators?
ANSWER: Hesperus AND Phosphorus [or the morning star AND evening star]
[10e] Stalnaker used the example of Hesperus and Phosphorus in an influential paper in the “two-dimensional” approach to this field, the study of linguistic meaning, which is often paired with syntax.
ANSWER: semantics
[10m] Two-dimensional semantics extends a semantics based on these entities, which treat meanings as intensions that map from these entities to extensions, or referents. Modal realism holds that these entities truly exist.
ANSWER: possible worlds
<VD, Philosophy>
Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 8 | 8.75 | 63% | 0% | 25% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 0% | 25% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 0% | 25% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 20% | 20% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
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| The cult of SGA | In the Mood for Buzz | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Social credit go vroom | Madmen and Specialists | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Paddington in Peru (2024) | Old and Young | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| bingy academy | Toyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |