Blum’s Puzzle and the Analiticity of Kripkean Identity Statements

Acta Analytica 34 (1):9-14 (2019)
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We rely on a recent puzzle by Alex Blum to offer a new argument for the old Fitch’s thesis that what we learn a posteriori in Kripkean identity statements like ‘Tully is Cicero’ is contingent and what is not contingent in such statements is analytical, hence hardly a posteriori.

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10.1007/s12136-018-0346-7

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Laureano Luna
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