@article{Brakel1990-BRAUOM,number = {3},year = {1990},abstract = {Kripke has argued that definitions of units of measurements provide examples of statements that are both contingent and a priori. In this paper I argue that definitions of units of measurement are intended to be stipulations of what Kripke calls theoretical identities: a stipulation that two terms will have the same rigid designation. Hence such a definition is both a priori and necessary. The necessity arises because such definitions appeal to natural kind properties only, which on Kripke's account are necessary.},pages = {297--317},author = {J. Brakel},title = {Units of Measurement and Natural Kinds: Some Kripkean Considerations},volume = {33},journal = {Erkenntnis}}@
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Units of Measurement and Natural Kinds: Some Kripkean Considerations