It is the published version of his john locke lectures, delivered in 1973. Saul kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a halfcentury and more. This is a technical term due to saul kripke, for a feature belonging to names and indexical expressions this i, here in natural languages, and distinguishing them from other referring expressions, notably descriptions the first dog born at sea, kants home town. His early masterpiece, naming and necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. 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. Intuitive test for rigid designation n is a rigid designator i.
Everybody was either furious, or exhilarated, or thoroughly perplexed. Kripke ends lecture ii, and starts lecture iii, by discussing certain sorts of identity sentences as examples of the necessary a posteriori. 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. It is enough to note that the view he criticizes under.
Philosophy of language handout 12 professor jeeloo liu saul kripke. Identifying the two, he supposes that both are given by. Two description theories not distinguished by kripke dt of speakers denotation. Philosophy 5 lecture 09 kripkes naming and necessity iii. Harvard university press and basil blackwell, 1980. Philosophy 5 lecture 07 kripkes naming and necessity i. A sense is supposed to be that which is grasped by the mind, a meaning in some nontechnical sense. 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. Discussion did not stray far from kripke s treatment of the contingent a priori and its relation to the way reference is fixed or determined for proper names and. Lecture iii goes on to focus on two important further classes of such claims.
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. Last time we ended up talking about a theory of naming. Reference and existence, saul kripke s john locke lectures for 1973, can be read as a sequel to his classic naming and necessity. Naming and necessity was mentioned as one of the eminent texts for this practice. Other articles where naming and necessity is discussed. View notes kripke lecture 3 from phil 8310 at utah valley university. Yet there comesatime when his claims appear a tribe too far fetched.
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. Kripkes naming and necessity who shaves the barber. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing influence. It provided the first cogent account of necessity and possibility as metaphysical. They were actually written by another author, of the same name. Saul a kripke naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Naming and necessity, lecture ii kripkes critique of the description and kripkes own theory of names general theses of the description theory. The lectures have been relatively inaccessible for the last forty years a. Three distinctions 1 a priori truths from epistemology. 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.
Its not a single description, but rather a cluster, a family of properties which fixes the reference. Kripke expresses this difference by saying that aristotle is a rigid. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. The intemalist qggeststhat we cannot imagine that particular we callthe queen ving theproperty ofatnostageinher existencebeinghuman. 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. January 20, 19701 i hope that some people see some connection between the two topics in the title. He claims, first, that natural kind terms are rigid designators much as names are, that we can refer to kinds as well as to things and so can discover truths about kinds as well as about things. That identity statements between what we call names in actual language are necessary.
He has been immensely influential in a number of fields related to logic and philosophy of language. And he claims that theoretical statements purporting to. Saul kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language. Naming with necessity part of the dissertation portfolio modality, names and descriptions. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of reference, in. Naming, necessity, and apriority part i consists of the first four chapters. Here, kripke explores and develops themes from naming and necessity nn, applying ideas from that work to discussions of fictional and mythological discourse, the metaphysics of fictional and nonexistent objects, negative existentials, and other related matters. View notes kripkelecture3 from phil 8310 at utah valley university. There we saw that we could give the following test for the rigidity of a term. This seminal work, to which todays thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form. The third lecture is sadly poorly written and argued someone else already commented on it in this stream below, i agree with that reader. Naming and necessity, lecture ii kripkes critique of the. Kripkes naming and necessity lecture three 10ptagainst.
Kripke, naming and necessity in harman and davidson, eds. To these, kripke will add, in lecture iii not reprinted in martinich, the following examples. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new york and emeritus professor at princeton university. Furthermore, because of the use of tools involving reference and. Thus the phenomenon of rigidity casts no real doubt on the description theory of names.
Giving the semantic content this is one facet of a fregean sense. 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. Richard rorty kripke versus kant lrb 4 september 1980. Kripke opposes the description theory of names and makes a counter proposal evans calls the causal theory. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. Volume iii, number 3, march 1974 kripke on naming and necessity r. For he takes the sense of a designator to be its meaning.
Originally i had intended to revise or augment naming and necessity extensively. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Ultimately, kripke thinks, attention to claims of this sort will shed light on the mindbody problem, which he discusses brie. In lecture iii of naming and necessity, kripke suggests an answer to each of these questions. Naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence.
Kripke claims that i and ii are selfevident theses of philosophical logic independent of natural language. Naming and necessity a return to mill kripke proposes a millian theory of names, according to which proper names dont have senses. A good example is ecos use of the notion of rigid designation. Kripke 1991, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
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. 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. In reading naming and necessity, it is clear that saul kripke stands in a similar position. Lectures given to the princeton university philosophy colloquium. If not, anyway, such connections will be developed in the course of these talks.
Saul aaron kripke is an american philosopher and logician now emeritus from princeton and professor of philosophy at cuny graduate center. Aug 05, 2017 philosophy 5 lecture 07 kripkes naming and necessity i. Kripke, 9780631128014, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Kripkes theory of identity statements, essential properties and natural kind. And so, even though we can imagine a case where the man who wrote these works. 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. Last thursday the workshop met to discuss lecture iii of naming and necessity. Kripkes proof in footnote 56 of naming and necessity kripke offers the following sketch of a proof for the necessity of origin. 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. 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. In lecture i, kripke introduced the notion of rigid designation. And i really liked it, at least the first two lectures as well as parts of the addenda and the intro. Saul kripke begins the second lecture by reiterating the various theses of the fregerussell perspective and related cluster concept of naming.
Philosophy 5 lecture 08 kripkes naming and necessity ii duration. Naming and necessity iii for atime theantiessentialistiswinning. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. When these lectures were first published eight years ago in a collection, they stood analytic philosophy on its ear. Naming and necessity 3 the preface first, but that they return to it for clarification if necessary after they have read the main text. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. 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. Kripke on the descriptive theory of names duration. Considerable time has elapsed, and i have come to realize that any extensive revision orex. From kripkes naming and necessity michigan state university. Kripke if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it.
A conflation in freges notion of sense kripke s response to fregean theories. 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 a material object has its origin from a certain hunk of matter, it could not have had its origin in any other matter. 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. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Philosophy 5 lecture 09 kripke s naming and necessity iii cosmolearning. The preface of 21 pages describes the genesis and background of the leading ideas of the monograph, and discusses a few common misunderstandings. Lecture notes introduction to philosophy of language. Of coursei waspointing to awooden tablein the room. The ideas in naming and necessity evolved in the early sixties most of the views were formulated in about 196364. In lecture iii, kripkes main aim is to develop his account of the necessity of identity relations, and to discuss many of the implications of his account to issues like the identity of natural kinds, the distinction between epistemic and metaphysical necessity, the notion of metaphysical essences, and the mindbody problem in philosophy of mind.
A prospective philosopher taking up naming and neces. Preface originally i had intended to revise or augment naming and necessity extensively. Names, necessity, and identity article pdf available in disputatio 119. Scholars have recently established that the iliad and the odyssey were not, after all, written by homer. Naming and necessity lecture 2 summary course hero.
Zsofia zvolenszky 2007 dissertation, new york university naming and necessity by saul kripke oxford. The preface is not written in such a way as to be completely selfcontained. Considerable time has elapsed, and i have come to realize that any extensive revision or expansion would delay the appearance of a separate, less expensive edition of naming and necessity indefinitely. In the lectures kripke is responding to previous attempts to solve certain problems in the. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and. The transcript of another lecture covering some of the. Naming and necessity a conflation in freges notion of sense frege should be criticized for using the term sense in two senses. I will explain kripkes framework which includes possible worlds, rigid designators, and essential properties. If e antiintemalist admits this, admits that it is logically incon. View notes kripke lecture 1 from phil 8310 at utah valley university. Kripke lecture 3 if w is a world where aristotle never went into philosophy, d is true, e is false and f is true.
In lecture iii of naming and necessity, kripke suggests. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between. He claims there is an inherent problem in the fregean notion of sense. Although much of his work remains unpublished, several major essays have now appeared in print, most recently in his long. Naming and necessity, lecture iii professor jeeloo liu kripkes theory of identity statements, essential properties and natural kind. Itwould be a situation in which there was some other woman who had many of the properties that are in fact. On the other hand it does seem to support surprising conclusions about the modal status of identity statements. Time and development in kripke s naming and necessity.
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