Kripke on epistemic usc dana and david dornsife college. The received view in analytic philosophy, dating back to the turn of the century works by frege and. Saul kripke, american logician and philosopher who was one of the most powerful and influential thinkers in contemporary analytic anglophone philosophy. But of course just because they associate this description with the name, they do not use the name to refer to oppenheimer. This seminal work, to which todays thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form. In naming and necessity, kripke introduces the notion of rigid designators as a response to the debate in the philosophy of language concerning the reference of names. The ideas in naming and necessity evolved in the early sixties most of the views were formulated in about 196364.
Explorations in the philosophical work of saul explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke, j. Pdf on sep 15, zsofia zvolenszky and others published naming with necessity. Routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and. Naming and necessity available for download and read online in other formats. Evidently lots of people think that einstein was the inventor of the atomic bomb, and this is the description they most associate with the name. From kripkes naming and necessity michigan state university. I will explain kripke s framework which includes possible worlds, rigid designators, and essential properties. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between. Find a summary of this and each chapter of naming and necessity. Naming and necessity 3 the preface first, but that they return to it for clarification if necessary after they have read the main text. Pdf on sep 15, 2007, zsofia zvolenszky and others published naming with. Language is a primary concern of analytic philosophers, particularly the use of language to express concepts and to refer to individuals. It provided the first cogent account of necessity and possibility as metaphysical concepts, and it.
It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical nec. Saul kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a halfcentury and more. Here the latter must be given primary emphasis, but the former will not be entirely neglected. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and. If not, anyway, such connections will be developed in the course of these talks. Saul a kripke naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence. The modal argument 4849, 7177 in lecture i, kripke introduced the notion of rigid designation.
Saul kripke begins the second lecture by reiterating the various theses of the fregerussell perspective and related cluster concept of naming. If youre looking for a free download links of naming, necessity and more. Starting from this simple problem, saul kripke s 1980 book naming and necessity covers the history of theories of naming before proposing a radically new theory. Christopher hughes offers a careful exposition and critical analysis of kripke s central ideas about names, necessity, and identity, and in the process makes significant contributions to continuing debates about such topics as modality, essence, natural kinds, and. Jun, 2019 in this lecture, professor saul kripke takes the opportunity to revisit some of the more controversial points in his seminal work naming and necessity.
Yet kripke argues that in the case of naming, where a word somehow relates to an extralinguistic individual object, most of his colleagues got it all wrong. 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. He made important contributions to several areas of philosophy, including logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. References in brackets in the text are to page numbers of that book. 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. His early masterpiece, naming and necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. Kripke harvard university press cambridge, massachusetts copyright c 1972, 1980 by sau.
Buy a cheap copy of naming and necessity book by saul a. 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. Fourth, in the wake of kripkes naming and necessity lectu res, david kaplan suggested t hat proper names were directly referential expressions whose propositional contribution was their referent. Kripke, naming and necessity in harman and davidson, eds. Interestingly, kripke s work in naming and necessity does not just provide a defense of one of the key premises of the cartesian argument. Saul kripke s naming and necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. January 20, 19701 i hope that some people see some connection between the two topics in the title. A temporal interpretation compatible with acceptance of non. Naming and necessity a conflation in freges notion of sense frege should be criticized for using the term sense in two senses. Kripke if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it.
Naming and necessity was mentioned as one of the eminent texts for this practice. The pragmatists like dewey though they came before russel, if i am not mistaken. In reading naming and necessity, it is clear that saul kripke stands in a similar position. Pdf on nov 1, 2005, consuelo preti and others published kripke.
Lecture notes mit opencourseware free online course materials. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and gilbert harman. Other articles where naming and necessity is discussed. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of. Since the descriptions ordinarily associated with names. It provided the first cogent account of necessity and possibility as metaphysical. For he takes the sense of a designator to be its meaning. Critical reaction has been in a certain way divided some philosophers, notably twodimensionalists like chalmers and jackson, think that kripke has underestimated the connections here. Pdf naming and necessity download full pdf book download. Since the 1960s, kripke has been a central figure in a number of fields related to mathematical logic, modal logic. In naming and necessity, kripke considers several questions that are important within analytic philosophy kripke s three lectures constitute an attack on descriptivist theories of proper names. It is essential reading for philosophy students studying philosophy of language, metaphysics, logic, or the history of analytic philosophy.
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. Semantical considerations on modal logic naming and necessity. Kripkes naming and necessity some theses of naming and necessity 1. Kripke s 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. This desk pointing at the one in my office was not made out of metal.
Kripke s main propositions about proper names in naming and necessity are that the meaning of a name simply is the object it refers to and that a names referent is determined by a causal link between some sort of baptism and the utterance of the name. Kripke s first, and most compelling route to the necessary aposteriori is illustrated by 14. 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. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from this and other works of kripke s. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing influence. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of reference, in. It is essential reading for philosophy students studying philosophy of language, metaphysics, logic, or. A video explaining saul kripke s modal logic semantics, including possible worlds, the accessibility relation, and the valuation operation. Identifying the two, he supposes that both are given by. Naming and necessity pdf, in particular, both thought that there was no fundamental difference between ordinary proper names and definite descriptions. A sense is supposed to be that which is grasped by the mind, a meaning in some nontechnical sense. Although much of his work remains unpublished, several major essays have now appeared in print, most recently in his long.
Furthermore, because of the use of tools involving reference and. If one expression is a rigid and another is not, they cannot mean the same thing. 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. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. 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. 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. Kripke s take on the the classic problems of meaning, names and identity follows a different path from that of fregerussell yet seems more intuitive. The preface is not written in such a way as to be completely selfcontained. Giving the semantic content this is one facet of a fregean sense. 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. 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. Names, necessity, and identity article pdf available in disputatio 119. Saul kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language.
Kripke, after all, has defended the claim that theoretical identities, like the. Identity and necessity 185 think, contrary to most recent theorists, that the reference of names is rarely or almost never fixed by means of description. Kripkes naming and necessity who shaves the barber. Click download or read online button to get saul kripke book now. How are we to track this object from the waterfree situation to the. A good book for an introduction to the topic, as he deals nonchalantly with the mistaken assumptions of the past towards the essentialism of his modal metaphysics. Kripke proposes a millian theory of names, according to which proper names dont. Nobody would have believed that the neatness what kripke calls the marvellous internal. Time and development in kripke s naming and necessity. Its not a single description, but rather a cluster, a family of properties which fixes the reference. If a name refers to an object o, it refers to o with respect to every possible world in which o exists. Kripke distinguished professor in the programs of philosophy and computer science. Naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence.
The preface of 21 pages describes the genesis and background of the leading ideas of the monograph, and discusses a few common misunderstandings. Saul kripke, in full saul aaron kripke, born november, 1940, bay shore, long island, new york, u. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke, j. Kripke, 9780631128014, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Names, necessity, and identity find, read and cite all the research you need on. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. Demonstratives can be used as rigid designators, and free variables can be. 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.
The transcript of another lecture covering some of the same material is published under the title identity and. Richard rorty kripke versus kant lrb 4 september 1980. Naming and necessity lecture 2 summary course hero. If we want a common term to cover names and descriptions, we may use the term. If saul kripke exists, then saul kripke is a human being. Sep 19, 2017 starting from this simple problem, saul kripke s 1980 book naming and necessity covers the history of theories of naming before proposing a radically new theory. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new york and emeritus professor at princeton university.
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