Naming, necessity and more explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke. Essentiality of origins 111114 kripke suggests as a plausible essentialist principle the view that if a material object has its origin in a certain bit of matter, then it could not have existed without having that origin. Click download or read online button to get saul kripke book now. Semantical considerations on modal logic naming and necessity download semantical considerations on modal logic naming and necessity ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Saul kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a halfcentury and more.
The routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity is an ideal starting point for anyone coming kripkes work for the first time. Saul kripkes naming and necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. Saul kripkes naming and necessity, one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century, serves as the backdrop for this collection of essays by leading specialists, on topics. Harvard university press, 1980 philosophy 172 pages. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Kripke goes on to discuss two ways of generating true essentialist claims.
Hence, before moving on to refinements in characterizing the notion of rigidity, consider a famous application made by saul kripke, who coined the word rigid designator. He made important contributions to several areas of philosophy, including logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. In the first introduction to his philosophy written expressly for general students, g. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke kindle edition by berg, jonathan. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading naming, necessity and more. References in brackets in the text are to page numbers of that book. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of. Harold w noonan saul kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Giving the semantic content this is one facet of a fregean sense. Fitch provides a thorough exposition of kripkes ideas. Naming and necessity by saul kripke was first published in book form in 1980 and consists mainly of three lectures given at princeton university, an overview, an essay on the problem of names, and. The new theory of reference kripke, marcus, and its.
Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Saul kripke argues that any such identity statement where a mental state is said to be identical to a physical state is false based solely on the structure of the statements. Kripke if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. Find 9780631128014 naming and necessity by kripke at over 30 bookstores. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical nec. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke. In the lectures he argued, amongst other things, that many names in ordinary language referred to objects directly rather than by means of associated. Necessity routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and. The preface is not written in such a way as to be completely selfcontained. Click download or read online button to semantical considerations on modal logic naming and necessity book pdf for free now. Naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence. Naming, necessity, and more explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. Synthese library monographs on epistemology, logic, methodology, philosophy of science, sociology of science and of knowledge, and on the mathematical methods of social and behavioral sciences, vol 40.
Rigid designators stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Naming and necessity was mentioned as one of the eminent texts for this practice. After discussing proper names of individuals kripke extends his apparatus to a discussion of what he calls names of natural kinds. In 19634, kripke concluded that it can be demonstrated that names in ordinary language are rigid designators, and therefore that identities are necessary. If youre looking for a free download links of naming, necessity and more. Naming and necessity 3 the preface first, but that they return to it for clarification if necessary after they have read the main text. Those ways of reading it are interesting, but i think that what kripke is saying is, in the end, quite simple, which is why the book has enjoyed such lasting popularity. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. January 20, 19701 i hope that some people see some connection between the two topics in the title.
Furthermore, because of the use of tools involving reference and. Kripke, naming and necessity in harman and davidson, eds. Necessity lectu res, david kaplan suggested t hat proper names were directly referential. If not, anyway, such connections will be developed in the course of these talks. Kripke began with a consideration of the fregean analysis of the meaning of a sentence as a function of the referents of its parts. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from this and other works of kripkes.
If one expression is a rigid and another is not, they cannot mean the same thing. Kripke felt little sympathy for this dark doctrine uniquely identifying properties can coincide contingently, but objects cannot be contingently identical. Read routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity by harold noonan available from rakuten kobo. This seminal work, to which todays thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form with a new. Although much of his work remains unpublished, several major essays have now appeared in print, most recently in his longawaited collection.
Saul kripke, american logician and philosopher who was one of the most powerful and influential thinkers in contemporary analytic anglophone philosophy. Kripkes naming and necessity some theses of naming and necessity 1. Semantical considerations on modal logic naming and necessity. Saul kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Yet one of the most famous and rewarding works of said analytic philosophy, naming and necessity, is a breezy romp through many of the most major problems of linguistic and metaphysical analysis. Causation and computation work in this trend was naming and necessity 1980, by the american philosopher saul kripke born 1940, based on lectures he delivered in 1970. Routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity. Saul kripkes work has had a tremendous impact on philosophy in the last thirty years and continues to dominate key debates in the field. On january 20th, 22nd, and 29th, 1970 saul kripke delivered three lectures at princeton university. A sense is supposed to be that which is grasped by the mind, a meaning in some nontechnical sense. The ideas in naming and necessity evolved in the early sixties most of the views were formulated in about 196364. Nobody would have believed that the neatnesswhat kripke calls the marvellous internal coherenceof frege.
Pdf naming and necessity download full pdf book download. Kripkes refutation of identity theory a rigid designator. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. However, a modicum of understanding about that work is needed for any understanding of what is interesting about rigid designators. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of reference, in particular of. Naming and necessity lays out a way of thinking about the relation between language and the world which permits just as formal and rigorous a treatment of notions like meaning, truth and reference as had russells and freges. Naming and necessity a conflation in freges notion of sense frege should be criticized for using the term sense in two senses. For he takes the sense of a designator to be its meaning. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing influence. Since the descriptions ordinarily associated with names. If a name refers to an object o, it refers to o with respect to every possible world in which o exists. The preface of 21 pages describes the genesis and background of the leading ideas of the monograph, and discusses a few common misunderstandings. The pragmatists like dewey though they came before russel, if i am not mistaken.