Sentence examples for rigid term from inspiring English sources

A temporally rigid term refers to a being at all parts of its temporal career.

We may assume that what a rigid term a denotes at a possible world (or moment of time) w need not exist in w.

Kerner pointed out that, because "fetish" is a pretty rigid term that implies someone can only get aroused one way, we can't be sure if the men at the gym have an actual fetish or just a "strong interest".

Under the rigid terms of the 1996 act, that made him deportable -- without a chance of mercy.

The meeting will be conducted under rigid terms struck by Sunrise and a shareholder, the investment company Millenco.

But firms' and families' financial assets are not bound by such rigid terms: deposits can be withdrawn with little notice, bonds and equity can be sold quickly if cash is needed or if investment tastes change.

It was noted that for rigid terms the de re/de dicto distinction collapses.

Natural kind terms like 'water' and 'gold' can also be regarded as rigid terms, as they single out the same kinds in every possible world.

Some philosophers seem to think that rigid terms are just those coined in accordance with a baptism like the above.[3] But causal grounding is not closely tied to rigidity.

By covering those agencies with what is called a regular appropriation, Mikulski's bill would replace both the rigid terms of sequestration in which every program suffers the same spending reduction and the constraints that accompany a continuing resolution.

Rigid terms can't do justice to describe a person.