The ideas in naming and necessity evolved in the early sixties most of the views were formulated in about 196364. 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. 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 pdf in particular, both thought that there was no fundamental difference between ordinary proper names and definite descriptions.
Since the 1960s kripke has been a central figure in a number of fields related to logic, philosophy of. Giving the semantic content this is one facet of a fregean sense. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing influence. Even were that true, the name would not be synonymous with the descnption, but would be used to name an object which we pick out by the contingent fact that it satisfies a certain description. We can give two arguments for the necessity of true. 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. Saul kripke, identity and necessity driving question. In this lecture, professor saul kripke takes the opportunity to revisit some of the more controversial points in his seminal work naming and necessity. In reading naming and necessity, it is clear that saul kripke stands in a similar position. 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 preface is not written in such a way as to be completely selfcontained. The preface of 21 pages describes the genesis and background of the leading ideas of the monograph, and discusses a few common misunderstandings.
This question is phrased by analogy with the way kant phrased his question how are synthetic a priori judgments possible. Kripke goes on to discuss two ways of generating true essentialist claims. His target was the view that, like most meaningful expressions, proper names express concepts that determine their extensions. Kripke objected that freges sense is both the meaning of a name and the way its reference is determined.
He made important contributions to several areas of philosophy, including logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. In 1970, saul kripke gave a series of three lectures at princeton university. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming. He is best known for his attack on the descriptivist fregean, russellian theory of reference with respect to proper names, according to which a name refers to an object by virtue of the name s being associated with a description that the object in turn satisfies. Rigid designators stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. 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. Kripke claims that i and ii are selfevident theses of philosophical logic independent of natural language. Kripke, 9780631128014, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The pragmatists like dewey though they came before russel, if i am not mistaken. Reprmred by permtsston of the pubbshers from naming and necessity by saul a. Saul aaron kripke is an american philosopher and logician, now emeritus from princeton.
Naming and necessity harvard university press, 1980. Pdf on sep 15, zsofia zvolenszky and others published naming with necessity. It provided the first cogent account of necessity and possibility as metaphysical concepts, and it. 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.
It has usually been taken for granted in the one case by kant that synthetic a priori judgments were possible, and in the other case in. 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. Read download naming and necessity pdf pdf download. Scholars have recently established that the iliad and the odyssey were not, after all, written by homer. 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. Here the latter must be given primary emphasis, but the former will not be entirely neglected.
Christopher hughes offers a careful exposition and critical analysis of kripkes central ideas about names, necessity, and identity. Time and development in kripkes naming and necessity. Kripke cambridge, mass harvard university press, 1972, 1980 by saul a. 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. Much of the argument depends on conclusions drawn earlier in his work. Saul kripke, american logician and philosopher who was one of the most powerful and influential thinkers in contemporary analytic anglophone philosophy. And so, even though we can imagine a case where the man who wrote these works. Time and development in kripke s naming and necessity. In doing so, he develops a framework that he applies to the. Kripke if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. Naming and necessity pdf, in particular, both thought that there was no fundamental difference between ordinary proper names and definite descriptions. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical nec. 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. Kripke distinguishes the meaning of a designator and the way its reference is determined.
Saul kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language. Saul kripke his glass, and there may be another man in the room who does have champagne in his. 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. Naming and necessity 3 the preface first, but that they return to it for clarification if necessary after they have read the main text. 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. The papers collected in this volume descend from that conference. A sense is supposed to be that which is grasped by the mind, a meaning in some nontechnical sense. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke, j. 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. Naming and necessity was mentioned as one of the eminent texts for this practice.
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. The modal argument 4849, 7177 in lecture i, kripke introduced the notion of rigid designation. A problem which has arisen frequently in contemporary philosophy is. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and. Kripke, naming and necessity in harman and davidson, eds. References in brackets in the text are to page numbers of that book. Naming and necessity, lecture i professor jeeloo liu saul kripke. Kripke successfully paints a more accurate picture of how this happens than the accepted view. He teaches as distinguished professor of philosophy at cuny graduate center. That identity statements between what we call names in actual language are necessary. 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. 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 kripkes naming and necessity addresses how words come to point to the things in the world that they refer to.
Professor saul kripke will revisit some of the more contentious points of naming and necessity in london on may 30th, 2019. A response to saul kripke in his book, naming and necessity, the american philosopher saul kripke argues, among other things, that the traditional belief that a priori knowledge must be knowledge of necessary. There we saw that we could give the following test for the rigidity of a term. The first lecture provides a brief historical survey of the. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke jonathan berg eds. 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. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Its not a single description, but rather a cluster, a family of properties which fixes the reference. They were actually written by another author, of the same name. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new york and emeritus professor at princeton university. Kripke on the descriptive theory of names, lecture i of naming and necessity. Naming and necessity 193 we want a common term to cover names and descriptions, we may use the term designator. In the lectures kripke is responding to previous attempts to solve certain problems in the philosophy of language. Schedule subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
Saul kripkes naming and necessity consists of revised transcriptions of three lectures given at princeton university in 1970. Buy a cheap copy of naming and necessity book by saul a. Naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence. Author kripkecenter posted on may 24, 2019 categories events post navigation. Explorations in the philosophical work of saul kripke. Click download or read online button to get saul kripke book now. It includes one paper by kripke himself and each of the other papers touches, in some way, on kripkes work. In 1999, the university of haifa awarded saul kripke an honorary degree and hosted a conference in his honour. Saul kripke is an american philosopher now emeritus from princeton and professor of philosophy at cuny graduate center.
It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of. Nov 21, 2015 in his famous work naming and necessity, saul kripke presents an argument against the materialists identity theory of mind. 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. All other readings are now available from the course blackboard site under course materials. A response to saul kripke in his book, naming and necessity, the american philosopher saul kripke argues, among other things, that the traditional belief that a priori knowledge must be knowledge of necessary truths and a posteriori knowledge must be knowledge of contingent truths is false. The causal theory of reference arose from saul kripkes attack in naming and necessity on descriptivist analyses of proper names. Kripke has two other arguments against the descriptive theory. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. 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.
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