Rigid designation and theoretical identities / Joseph LaPorte.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index.

Rigid designators for concrete objects and for properties -- On the coherence of the distinction -- On whether the distinction assigns to rigidity the right role -- A uniform treatment of property designators as singular terms -- Rigid appliers -- Rigidity - associated arguments in support of theoretical identity statements: on their significance and the cost of its philosophical resources -- The skeptical argument impugning psychophysical identity statements: on its significance and the cost of its philosophical resources -- The skeptical argument further examined: on resources, allegedly overlooked, for confirming psychological identities.