[FOM] Counterfactuals in relative computability theory

Matthias Jenny mjenny at mit.edu
Sat Aug 20 18:26:47 EDT 2016


On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 2:56 PM Richard Grandy <rgrandy at rice.edu> wrote:

> While Kripke’s theory is fairly widely accepted for proper names, it is
> much more controversial and less developed for natural kinds and
> “algorithm” is a kind word not a proper name.  Moreover, it is not at all
> clear whether “algorithm” is a natural kind.
>

I agree. Fortunately, I don't think that any part of my argument relies on
it, as I tried to explain in my exchange with Timothy Chow.
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