Naming and epistemic necessity
Dilip Ninan · Noûs · 2019
Abstract Kripke (1980) hypothesizes a link between rigidity and scope: a singular term is rigid over a spaceSof possibilities just in case it is scopeless with respect to modals that quantify overS. Kripke's hypothesis works well when we consider the interaction of singular terms with metaphysical modals, but runs into trouble when we consider the interaction of singular terms with epistemic modals. After describing the trouble in detail, and considering one non‐solution to it, I develop a novel version of dynamic semantics that resolves the problem.