Abstractionism 2: UConn, 12th August 2023

A neglected response to the Caesar problem maintains that the content of ‘mixed’ identity contexts such as ‘#X = Julius Caesar’ is just as open to stipulation as the content of ‘unmixed’ contexts such as ‘#X = #Y’. I defend this stimulative response against some objections, including those raised by Fraser MacBride and by Bob Hale and Crispin Wright.