Kripke, naming and necessity in harman and davidson, eds. Christopher hughes offers a careful exposition and critical analysis of kripke s central ideas about names, necessity, and identity. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new york and emeritus professor at princeton university. Reprmred by permtsston of the pubbshers from naming and necessity by saul a. It includes one paper by kripke himself and each of the other papers touches, in some way, on kripkes work. Read download naming and necessity pdf pdf download. 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. His early masterpiece, naming and necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. Naming and necessity 3 the preface first, but that they return to it for clarification if necessary after they have read the main text. Saul kripke 19801971 the identity thesis excerpt from identity and necessity give a sketch of kripkes argumentation against the identity theory and discuss it. It is essential reading for philosophy students studying philosophy of language, metaphysics, logic, or the history of analytic philosophy. In 1970, saul kripke gave a series of three lectures at princeton university.
Richard rorty kripke versus kant lrb 4 september 1980. A sense is supposed to be that which is grasped by the mind, a meaning in some nontechnical sense. However, some definite descriptions, such as the successor of 2, are rigid designators. Kripke cambridge, mass harvard university press, 1972, 1980 by saul a. It provided the first cogent account of necessity and possibility as metaphysical concepts, and it read more. Saul kripke, identity and necessity driving question. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. His most celebrated work, naming and necessity, makes arguably the most important contribution to the philosophy of language and metaphysics in recent years. Kripke if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. He made important contributions to several areas of philosophy, including logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. Buy a cheap copy of naming and necessity book by saul a. The modal argument 4849, 7177 in lecture i, kripke introduced the notion of rigid designation. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical nec. Saul kripke, in full saul aaron kripke, born november, 1940, bay shore, long island, new york, u. Saul kripke begins the second lecture by reiterating the various theses of the fregerussell perspective and related cluster concept of naming. Saul kripke s archive on the cuny philosophy commons.
Giving the semantic content this is one facet of a fregean sense. A great deal of the books brilliance lies in the astonishing simplicity of his solution to some of philosophys most fiendish puzzles and the ease with which he lectures reveals the powerful grasp he has on the issues he describes. While the mainstream theories of reference inspired by frege and russel are more sophisticated, they have numerous counterintuitive consequences. Click on document kripke, saul naming and necessity. Saul and his two sisters, madeline and netta, attended dundee grade school and omaha central high school. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and. References in brackets in the text are to page numbers of that book. Lectures given to the princeton university philosophy colloquium. Saul kripkes work has had a tremendous impact on philosophy in the last thirty years and continues to. Saul kripke s naming and necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. Kripke and the mindbody problem i regard the mindbody problem as wide open and extremely confusing. The transcript of another lecture covering some of the same material is published under the title identity and. The transcript of another lecture covering some of the same material is. Time and development in kripkes naming and necessity.
It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of. Saul kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a halfcentury and more. Naming and necessity was mentioned as one of the eminent texts for this practice. Naming and necessity 193 we want a common term to cover names and descriptions, we may use the term designator. Rigid designators stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. The ideas in naming and necessity evolved in the early sixties most of the views were formulated in about 196364.
Pdf naming and necessity download full pdf book download. Saul kripke, american logician and philosopher who was one of the most powerful and influential thinkers in contemporary analytic anglophone philosophy. Since the 1960s, kripke has been a central figure in a number of fields related to mathematical logic, modal logic, philosophy of language. The papers collected in this volume descend from that conference. 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. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming. Semantical considerations on modal logic naming and necessity. Pdf on sep 15, 2007, zsofia zvolenszky and others published naming with necessity find, read and cite all the research you. Download saul kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. It provided the first cogent account of necessity and possibility as metaphysical concepts, and it. Naming and necessity is a 1980 book with the transcript of three lectures, given by the philosopher saul kripke, at princeton university in 1970, in which he dealt with the debates of proper names in the philosophy of language. If youre looking for a free download links of naming, necessity and more. This seminal work, to which todays thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form with a new preface. Saul kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language.
Kripke this chapter analyzes robert nozicks theory on knowledge. 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 of identity. A great deal of the books brilliance lies in the astonishing simplicity of his solution to some of philosophys most fiendish puzzles and the ease with which he lectures reveals the powerful grasp he. In certain philosophical circles necessity is viewed as the root of much, if not all, philosophical error.
The preface is not written in such a way as to be completely selfcontained. The paradigm example of nonrigid designators, since the work of of kripke, has been standard definite descriptions, such as the brightest nonlunar object in the evening sky. Second annual saul kripke lecture by john burgess on the necessity of origin at the cuny graduate center, november th, 2012. 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. Click download or read online button to get saul kripke book now. For example, we take it to be the case that it is contingent that the first postmaster of the united states is identical with the inventor of bifocals i. From kripkes naming and necessity michigan state university. First, for a given speaker gottlob frege and bertrand russell associate a name with a cluster of qualities that they believe apply to the referent of a name. Saul kripke argues throughout naming and necessity that his picture of how names refer handles natural language better than alternative theories. Kripkes most important philosophical publication, naming and necessity 1980, based on transcripts of three lectures he delivered at princeton in 1970, changed the course of analytic philosophy. Saul kripke s archive on the cuny philosophy commons second annual saul kripke lecture by john burgess on the necessity of origin at the cuny graduate center, november th, 2012 saul kripke at the mathematics genealogy project. Saul kripkes naming and necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. Kripke goes on to discuss two ways of generating true essentialist claims.
In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from. Nobody would have believed that the neatness what kripke calls the marvellous internal. In reading naming and necessity, it is clear that saul kripke stands in a similar position. Saul kripke is the oldest of three children born to dorothy k. Naming and necessity is a book with the transcript of three lectures, given by the philosopher saul kripke, at princeton university in, in which he dealt with the debates of. Saul kripke at the mathematics genealogy project saul kripke, genius logician, a short, nontechnical interview by andreas saugstad, february 25, 2001. Saul kripke, genius logician a short, nontechnical interview by andreas saugstad, february 25, 2001. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke pdf,, download ebookee alternative successful tips for a best ebook reading. Routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity. The routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity is an ideal starting point for anyone coming kripke s work for the first time. There we saw that we could give the following test for the rigidity of a term. Naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from this and other works of kripke s. The pragmatists like dewey though they came before russel, if i am not mistaken.
The routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity is an ideal starting point for anyone coming kripkes work for the first time. 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. Saul kripke project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The preface of 21 pages describes the genesis and background of the leading ideas of the monograph, and discusses a few common misunderstandings. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. 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. Kripke, 1972, 3942 this argument, together with kripkes arguments for the distinctness of necessity and apriority, gave us our contemporary notion of metaphysical necessity.
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