Editing Non-rigid designator (section)

{{Short description|Term used in Philosophy of Language & Modal Logic}}
{{refimprove|date=March 2016}}In the [[philosophy of language]] and [[modal logic]], a term is said to be a '''non-rigid designator''' (or '''flaccid designator''') or '''connotative term''' if it does not extensionally designate (denote, refer to) the same object in all [[possible worlds]]. This is in contrast to a [[rigid designator]], which does designate the same object in all possible worlds in which that object exists, and does not designate anything else in those worlds in which that object does ''not'' exist.<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Revised Second Edition |year=2008 |page=318}}</ref> The term was coined by [[Saul Kripke]] in his 1970 lecture series at [[Princeton University]], later published as the book ''[[Naming and Necessity]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Naming and Necessity]] |year=1980 |last=Kripke |first=Saul |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|page=22 }}</ref>