What is a Flaccid Designator? (Philosophy of Language)

An explanation of Saul Kripke's flaccid designators, as well as the interaction between flaccid designators, rigid designators, and definite descriptions. Sponsors: Joshua Furman, Roman Leventov, NBA_Ruby, Antybodi, Federico Galvão, Mike Gloudemans, Eugene SY, Andrew Sullivan, Antoinemp1, Andreas Kurz, Ismail Fagundes, Joao Sa, Ploney, Tyler James, and Dennis Sexton. Thanks for your support! Here are some videos you might enjoy: The 100 Days of Logic (   • 100 Days of Logic (Full)  ) History of Philosophy (   • Four Weeks of Famous Philosophers  ) Ancient Philosophers & Zeno’s Paradoxes (   • Schools of Ancient Greek Philosophy  ) ExPhi Experimental Philosophy (   / @experimentalphilosophyexphi  ) Map of Philosophy (   • The Map Of Philosophy  ) More videos with Carneades (   / @carneadesofcyrene  ) Donate on Patreon:   / carneades   Buy stuff with Zazzle: https://www.zazzle.com/store/carneade... Follow us on Twitter: @CarneadesCyrene   / carneadescyrene   Information for this video gathered from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Collier-MacMillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the Dictionary of Continental Philosophy, and more! (#Kripke #PhilosophyOfLanguage)