Affiliation:
1. University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy, , Oxford OX2 6GG, U.K
Abstract
AbstractThe Caesar problem arises for abstractionist views, which seek to secure reference for terms such as ‘the number of $X$s’ or $\#X$ by stipulating the content of ‘unmixed’ identity contexts like ‘$\#X = \#Y$’. Frege objects that this stipulation says nothing about ‘mixed’ contexts such as ‘$\# X = \text{Julius Caesar}$’. This article defends a neglected response to the Caesar problem: the content of mixed contexts is just as open to stipulation as that of unmixed contexts.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Philosophy,General Mathematics
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