Rigid designators stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Sua obra e muito influente em diversas areas da filosofia, desde a logica ate a filosofia da mente, passando pela filosofia da linguagem. I am somewhat uncertain whether there is a definite factual question as to whether natural language handles truthvalue gaps. Jun 17, 2019 kripke thinks that, if a particular brain state is identical to a particular mental state, then the identity has to be necessary. But if one expression is a rigid designator, and another is not, the two cannot mean the same thing. The present commentary attempts to improve understanding of it by. Kripke archives program in philosophy graduate center, cuny. James ross developed a simple and powerful argument for the immateriality of the intellect, an argument rooted in the aristotelianscholastic tradition while drawing on ideas from analytic philosophers saul kripke, w. There are some descriptions which are plausibly rigid designators e.
Much of his best known work deal with the logic and language. Vacuous names and fictional entities dates from 1973 and was a precursor to kripke s john locke lectures that year now published separately by oxford university press, see saul kripke, reference and existence. Combines several of kripke s seminal and much discussed pieces with more recent publications and material published here for the first time. Introduction saul kripke has made fundamental contributions to a variety of areas of logic, and his name is attached to a corresponding variety of objects and results. 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 resigns as report alleges he faked results of thought. He teaches as distinguished professor of philosophy at cuny graduate center. Click download or read online button to get saul kripke book now. Raised in france, he acquires the name londres as a name of london. Saul kripke s views regarding the function and use of proper names are quite well known in the field of philosophy.
Naming and necessity obviously, aside from such amplification in the preface, there are passages in the monograph other than just footnote 56 that i might modify. Saul aaron kripke is an american philosopher and logician, now emeritus from princeton. Saul kripkes still largely unpublished views on functionalism in the. An elemen tary exposition, saul kripke gives a new interpretation of the private language argument. It provided the first cogent account of necessity and possibility as metaphysical concepts, and it. You are, of course, familiar with the story of pierre.
Kripke on private language received 6 february, 1984 introduction in his recent book wittgenstein on rules and private language. He was fluent in the ideas of the founder of modern philosophy, descartes before he left elementary school, whilst also being competent in complex mathematics. Saul aaron kripke is an american philosopher and logician. Edmund gettier presented two counterexamples to the widely accepted theory, sparking a revolution of thought for epistemologists. Prefatory note to saul kripke, history and idealism. Naming and necessity a return to mill kripke proposes a millian theory of names, according to which proper names dont have senses. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. His paper gives an exposition of some features of a semantical theory f modal logics. Piergiorgio odifreddi le barzellette di heidegger parla saul kripke, il piu grande logico contemporaneo. Kripke cambridge, mass harvard university press, 1972, 1980 by saul a. Saul and his two sisters, madeline and netta, attended dundee grade school and omaha central high school. Identity theorists usually espouse one of two versions of this claim. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new. He accepts, in french of course, many claims about the city elle est grande, jolie, dans angleterre, etc.
Naming and necessity 193 we want a common term to cover names and descriptions, we may use the term designator. 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. Saul kripke, american logician and philosopher who was one of the most powerful and influential thinkers in contemporary analytic anglophone philosophy. Saul kripke is the oldest of three children born to dorothy k. The first new publication of kripke s work in nearly twenty years. The derivation has become rather well known, but perhaps not so well understood. For example, the name saul kripke attaches to a particular object not because of any contingent property that might be true of that particular object for. The saul kripke center is delighted to announce that timothy williamson will give the third saul kripke lecture on objective possibilities at the graduate center on 33116. Saul kripke, identity and necessity driving question. Using the concept of rigid designators, he states that if dualism is logically possible, then it is the case.
He read the complete works of shakespeare by the time he was 9. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new york and emeritus professor at princeton university. In this article, i defend a nonclassical version of descriptive theory of reference fixing for proper names against objections raised by kripke. Audrey mckinney this paper concerns saul kripkes argument against type physicalism and for property dualism. Kripke, ross, and the immaterial aspects of thought. My objection to the argument is that it relies upon a premise for which. Kripke successfully paints a more accurate picture of how this happens than the accepted view. Kripke, ross, and the immaterial aspects of thought edward feser abstract. Speakers reference and semantic reference saul kripke 1 am going to discuss some issues inspired by a wellknown paper of keith donnellan, reference and definite descriptions, but the interestto meof the contrast mentioned in my title goes beyond donnellans paper. Kripkes defense of quanti ed modal logic was basically to embrace the aristotelian essentialism that quine assumed was beyond the pale.
Outline of a theory of truth saul kripke the journal of. Identity theorists claim that mental states are identical with brain states. In the lectures kripke is responding to previous attempts to solve certain problems in the philosophy of language. Please visit the saul kripke centers new website here this entry is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. Kripke distinguished professor in the programs of philosophy and computer science saul kripke center cuny graduate center 365 fifth avenue new york, ny 100164309 office. In 1999, the university of haifa awarded saul kripke an honorary degree and hosted a conference in his honour. Texas state universitysan marcos august 20 supervising professor. The present paper attempts to extend the results of l, in the domain of the propositional calculus, to a class of modal systems called normal. Names, necessity, and identity find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
A criticism of nozicks reliabilism in response to a traditional view of what criteria constitutes knowledge. Kripkes naming and necessity and wittgenstein on rules and private language. Functionalism makes such identities contingent, so if kripke is right, then functionalism sinks right off the bat. A common view of the private language argument in philosophical investigations assumes that it begins with section 243, and that it continues in the sections immediately follow ing. Kripke s wittgenstein argues that a private language is impossible. 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 resigned yesterday from his position as distinguished professor of philosophy at the cuny graduate center. Saul kripke mostly by himself learnt ancient hebrew by the age of 6. This collection of essays on saul kripke and his philosophy is the first and only collection. An evaluation of saul kripkes argument for property dualism by thomas hunter chambers, b. This entry is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. The conception of saul kripke s and hilary putnams semantics belongs to new cambridge, mass.
It confronts important issues left open in that work among them, the semantics of proper names and natural kind terms as they occur in fiction and in myth. Nor am i even quite sure that there is a definite question of fact as to whether natural language should be evaluated by the minimal fixed point or another, given the choice of a scheme for handling gaps. While similar allegations have been circulating in unpublished form for years, a team of philosophers from oxford university has just released a damning report claiming that they were systematically unable to reproduce the results of thought experiments reported by. On a derivation of the necessity of identity saul kripkes lecture identity and necessity 1971 begins with a short discussion of a formal derivation of a law of necessity of identity. Outline of a theory of truth saul kripke the journal of philosophy, vol. I do stand by the principal theses of my work, and the pressure for much revision is not intense. Saul kripke s locke lectures were delivered in oxford in 1973. Philosophical troubles collected papers, volume 1 saul a. Understanding kripke s arguments against these proposed answers gives a good idea of the sorts of challenges that proposed solutions to the problem of intentionality encounter. Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your universitys proxy server configure custom proxy use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming. Reprmred by permtsston of the pubbshers from naming and necessity by saul a. Oct 08, 2017 an explanation of the life and works of saul kripke, the prodigy logician, master of modal language, and greatest living philosopher, including kripke semantics, naming and necessity, kripkenstein. Identity theorists have been concerned with several.
Since the 1960s kripke has been a central figure in a number of fields related to logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and set theory. And, as a corollary, that any account of belief must ultimately come. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing influence. In doing so, he develops a framework that he applies to the. Kripke it is well know that the most thoroughgoing critique of modal logic has been that of w.
Saul kripke simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The conceivability argument for dualism by saul kripke excerpted from naming and necessity, 1980 i finally turn to an all too cursory discussion of the application of the foregoing considerations to the identity thesis. He made important contributions to several areas of philosophy, including logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. A preface by the editor, jonathan berg, includes a succinct summary of each paper. Let descartes be a name, or rigid designator, of a certain person, and. Saul kripke project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Quines position, though uniformly critical of quantified modal systems, has nevertheless varied through the years from extreme and flat rejection of modality to a more nearly moderate critique. Kripke if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. It is concerned mainly with how statements about fictional. Kripkes refutation of identity theory a rigid designator. Pdf on nov 1, 2005, consuelo preti and others published kripke. One is the problem of empty names, typical examples of which are. Naming and necessity was mentioned as one of the eminent texts for this practice.
Buy a cheap copy of naming and necessity book by saul a. Saul kripkes naming and necessity addresses how words come to point to the things in the world that they refer to. The work he is best known for is naming and necessity 1980. Kripke is not the first philosopher to discuss the idea behind the term he coined, but his illuminating discussions have made the importance of rigidity widely appreciated. The pragmatists like dewey though they came before russel, if i am not mistaken. Feb 17, 2011 in either case, the particular feeling i get when i stub my toe is said to be identical with some particular thing going on in my brain usually cfiber firings. Saul kripke was a member of the department of philosophy 19771998. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and gilbert harman. Since the 1960s, kripke has been a central figure in a number of fields related to mathematical logic, modal logic, philosophy of language. Proudly powered by wordpress need help with the commons. Pdf prefatory note to saul kripke, history and idealism. The present paper attempts to extend the results of l, in the domain of the.
An introduction by the editor gives a nice overview of the 10 essays and explains. A problem which has arisen frequently in contem porary philosophy is. In january of 1970 saul kripke delivered a series of lectures at princeton university that were transcribed into a book, naming and necessity, published in 1972. The author of naming and necessity and wittgenstein on rules and private language, he is currently distinguished professor at cuny graduate center. 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. 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. Please visit the saul kripke centers new website here. These two examples presented by gettier, however, were by no means flawless. Saul kripke born november, 1940 is an american philosopher and logician. Reference and existence, saul kripke s john locke lectures for 1973, can be read as a sequel to his classic naming and necessity. Pdf on jan 1, 2017, james connelly and others published prefatory note to saul kripke.
Kripke on private language ucr department of philosophy. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. A conflation in freges notion of sense kripke s response to fregean theories. Kr ipke a puzzle about belief in this paper i will present a puzzle about names and belief. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke. A conflation in freges notion of sense kripkes response to fregean theories. This volume is a publication of the lectures in book form for the fi rst time. Saul aaron kripke, nascido em 1940 em omaha, nebraska, e amplamente reconhecido como um dos filosofos vivos mais importantes. Saul kripke argues that any such identity statement where a mental state is said to be identical to a. N 43 on rules and private language that marcus family. 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. Arial times new roman symbol default design saul kripke, identity and necessity an apparent paradox the paradox with proper names identities in science rigid vs. 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.
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