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Quote: a common name such as "water" is a predicate for "this liquid is water"; equivalent in all possible worlds (same_L), including being H_20
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When I say "this (liquid) is water," the … "water" is whatever bears a certain equivalence relation … the actual world. … [p. 313] the theory we have been presenting may … and only if it bears the relation same_L … [p. 314] Once we have discovered that water (in … [Higg.: a common name is a predicate] Google-1 Google-2
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