Why Lewis’ appeal to natural properties fails to Kripke’s rule-following paradox

Philosophical Studies 172 (1):163-175 (2015)
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I consider Lewis’ appeal to naturalness to solve Kripke ’s rule - following paradox. I then present a different interpretation of this paradox and offer reasons for thinking that this is what Kripke had in mind. I argue that Lewis’ proposal cannot provide a solution to this version of paradox

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Carla Merino-Rajme
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