If modes of presentation were genuine semantic contributors, co-referential names would differ in modal profile, but 'Hesperus is Phosphorus' is necessarily true—not contingently so.
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modal profile(comparing whether God and God's existence have the same logical structure)
A description of all the different ways something could or must exist—basically, a map of what's possible and impossible for that thing.
modes of presentation(Theories of meaning since Frege's Sense and Reference)
The aspect of meaning of a referring term that goes beyond its referent and accounts for differences in meaning between co-referring terms
semantic contributor(as used in philosophy of language)
Something that affects the meaning of a statement or how we understand it. If modes of presentation were semantic contributors, it would mean the way we describe something would change what a sentence actually means.