Frege and saving substitution

Pickel, B. and Rabern, B. (2021) Frege and saving substitution. Philosophical Studies, 178(8), pp. 2687-2697. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-020-01576-y)

Abstract

Goodman and Lederman (Philos Stud 177(4):947–952, 2020) argue that the traditional Fregean strategy for preserving the validity of Leibniz’s Law of substitution fails when confronted with apparent counterexamples involving proper names embedded under propositional attitude verbs. We argue, on the contrary, that the Fregean strategy succeeds and that Goodman and Lederman’s argument misfires.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Pickel, Dr Bryan
• Authors: Pickel, B., and Rabern, B.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy
• Journal Name: Philosophical Studies
• Publisher: Springer
• ISSN: 0031-8116
• ISSN (Online): 1573-0883
• Published Online: 16 October 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Philosophical Studies 178(8): 2687-2697
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence