Read book routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and. Psychology, philosophy of mind publisher the university chicago press. Download now saul kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language. Furthermore, because of the use of tools involving reference and. Although much of his work remains unpublished, several major essays have now appeared in print, most recently in his longawaited collection. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A prospective philosopher taking up naming and neces.
Kripke if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. 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. When a names referent is fixed by the original act of naming, it becomes a rigid designator. Saul kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language. Kripke and the mindbody problem i regard the mindbody problem as wide open and extremely confusing.
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. Kripke on the distinctness of the mind from the body je. If not, anyway, such connections will be developed in the course of these talks. 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. A term is a rigid designator when it designates the same object in every possible world in which that object exists. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing influence. Naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence. Pdf on sep 15, 2007, zsofia zvolenszky and others published naming with necessity find, read and cite all the. Saul kripke 19801971 the identity thesis excerpt from identity and necessity give a sketch of kripkes argumentation against the identity theory and discuss it. January 20, 19701 i hope that some people see some connection between the two topics in the title. Its not a single description, but rather a cluster, a family of properties which fixes the reference.
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. Christopher hughes offers a careful exposition and critical analysis of kripke s central ideas about names, necessity, and identity. To be clear, kripke meant for his argument to apply to claims made by both kinds of identity theorists 148, naming. Kripkes naming and necessity some theses of naming and necessity 1. 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. Its essays, written by distinguished philosophers in the field, present a broader picture of kripkes life and work than has previously been available to scholars of his thought. Giving the semantic content this is one facet of a fregean sense. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new york and emeritus professor at princeton university. Although kripke was not yet twenty when he made his first contribution to philosophy, the series of three lectures he gave at princeton university in 1970, titled naming and necessity, is perhaps his bestknown work. Lectures given to the princeton university philosophy colloquium. Kripke on the distinctness of the mind from the body.
Read download naming and necessity pdf pdf download. Names, necessity, and identity, by christopher hughes. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke kindle edition by berg, jonathan. Naming and necessity lecture 2 summary course hero. Naming and necessity pdf, in particular, both thought that there was no fundamental difference between ordinary proper names and definite descriptions. In the later naming and necessity, kripke suggested that the principle could be derived directly, assuming what he called rigid designation. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke. Find summaries for every chapter, including a naming and necessity chapter summary chart to help you understand the book.
Saul kripkes naming and necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. Kripke on naming and necessity university of toronto. Token identity theorists feel their claims are unaffected by kripkes argument, but as i recount the argument, we will see that both kinds are refuted. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical nec. 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. The received view in analytic philosophy, dating back to the turn of the century works by frege and. We can then ask whether certain things might have been true of these objects 273. Since the descriptions ordinarily associated with names. Lecture notes introduction to philosophy of language.
Naming and necessity 3 the preface first, but that they return to it for clarification if necessary after they have read the main text. 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. Since the 1960s, kripke has been a central figure in a number of fields related to mathematical logic, modal logic, philosophy of language. His early masterpiece, naming and necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. 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. The preface of 21 pages describes the genesis and background of the leading ideas of the monograph, and discusses a few common misunderstandings. Kripkes naming and necessity university of notre dame. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Read book routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity routledge philosophy.
Saul kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a halfcentury and more. Pdf naming and necessity download full pdf book download. 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 begins the second lecture by reiterating the various theses of the fregerussell perspective and related cluster concept of naming. In certain philosophical circles necessity is viewed as the root of much, if not all, philosophical error. The routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity is an ideal starting point for anyone coming kripkes work for the first time. The preface is not written in such a way as to be completely selfcontained. Names, necessity, and identity find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. It is essential reading for philosophy students studying philosophy of language, metaphysics, logic, or the history of analytic philosophy. The discussion here brings to bear many of the results from earlier in the book, including rigid designation, the necessity of identity, the possibility of necessary a posteriori truths, and.
Pdf on nov 1, 2005, consuelo preti and others published kripke. A sense is supposed to be that which is grasped by the mind, a meaning in some nontechnical sense. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from. If a name refers to an object o, it refers to o with respect to every possible world in which o exists. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of. Kripke harvard university press cambridge, massachusetts copyright c 1972, 1980 by sau. Kripkes refutation of identity theory a rigid designator. This collection of essays on saul kripke and his philosophy is the first and only collection of essays to examine both published and unpublished writings by 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.
From kripkes naming and necessity michigan state university. Saul kripkes work has had a tremendous impact on philosophy in the last thirty years and continues to. The ideas in naming and necessity evolved in the early sixties most of the views were formulated in about 196364. Richard rorty kripke versus kant lrb 4 september 1980. 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading naming, necessity and more.
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