HUMBLE PRIMARY INTENSIONS: FIXING TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMANTICS
JOÃO LOURENÇO DE ARAUJO FABIANOABSTRACT. Certain problems with standard two-dimensional semantics are addressed and cases in which these problems arise explored. In such cases the primary intension cannot be univocally mapped in one and only one indexical world, thus standard two-dimensional semantics cannot efficiently address the problems presented. Subsequently, a modified model is presented which leads these problems to be averted in the replicated cases. This modified model admits primary intensions that are not univocally mapped. The conclusion discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the modified model and analyzes its possible consequences for the philosophy of mind. pp. 105–115
Keywords: two-dimensional semantics, primary intensions, philosophical zombies, epistemically indistinguishable