Lexical predicates do substitute in fine-grained attitudes

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Article number44
JournalSynthese
Volume205
Early online date15 Jan 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Keywords

  • Synonymy
  • Substitution
  • Hyperintensionality
  • Predicate
  • Attitudereport
  • Transparency
  • Transparent
  • Intensional logic

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