Abstract
Let {‘is a woodchuck’, ‘is a groundhog’} be a pair of synonymous lexical predicates. Are they intersubstitutable within a fine-grained attitude ascription without
affecting either the truth-value of the ascription or the content of the attitude? I will
show that synonymy is sufficient to preserve substitutability within any non-quotational context. Only this requires that substitution is executed within a semantics
that observes semantic and epistemic transparency also in contexts such as hyperintensional belief reports. I will develop my argument within Transparent Intensional
Logic. I use my pro-substitution claim to argue against one wrong reason for finegraining, which introduces logical distinctions without semantic differences.
affecting either the truth-value of the ascription or the content of the attitude? I will
show that synonymy is sufficient to preserve substitutability within any non-quotational context. Only this requires that substitution is executed within a semantics
that observes semantic and epistemic transparency also in contexts such as hyperintensional belief reports. I will develop my argument within Transparent Intensional
Logic. I use my pro-substitution claim to argue against one wrong reason for finegraining, which introduces logical distinctions without semantic differences.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 44 |
Journal | Synthese |
Volume | 205 |
Early online date | 15 Jan 2025 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Keywords
- Synonymy
- Substitution
- Hyperintensionality
- Predicate
- Attitudereport
- Transparency
- Transparent
- Intensional logic