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Harold Noonan

Nottingham University
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Cambridge University
Faculty of Philosophy
PhD, 1978
  •  104
    A Flaw in Kripke’s Modal Argument?
    Philosophia 41 (3): 841-846. 2013.
    The response to Kripke’s modal argument I wish to propose appeals to the distinction between indicative descriptions, i.e., descriptions formed using indicative verb forms, and what I shall call subjunctive descriptions, descriptions formed using non-indicative verb forms used in subjunctive conditionals. The contrast is between ‘the person who is richer than anyone else in the world’ and ‘the person who would have been richer than anyone else in the world’. The response to Kripke’s modal argume…Read more
    Semantics
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    Wiggins on identity
    Mind 85 (340): 559-575. 1976.
    OntologyIdentity
  •  432
    Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
    Coincidence comes in two varieties – permanent and temporary. Moderate monism is the position that permanent coincidence, but not temporary coincidence, entails identity. Extreme monism is the position that even temporary coincidence entails identity. Pluralists are opponents of monism tout court. The intuitively obvious, commonsensical position is moderate monism. It is therefore important to see if it can be sustained.
    Material Objects