Saul Kripke

The most comprehensive analysis of Saul Kripke's philosophy and writings available.

Alan Berger (Edited by)

9780521858267, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 June 2011

382 pages
23.5 x 16.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.63 kg

"...this volume is a welcome and eminently worthwhile contribution. It is a very significant event in the history of Kripke scholarship, both in terms of its dissemination of Kripke’s unpublished work and in the way that it brings together top scholars in the field to continue grappling with problems developed and inspired by Kripke’s published work. Most of these papers are not accessible to neophytes, but this is important reading for experts in these fields."
--Philosophy in Review, Arthur Sullivan, Memorial University

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of essays on Saul Kripke and his philosophy is the first and only collection of essays to examine both published and unpublished writings by Kripke. Its essays, written by distinguished philosophers in the field, present a broader picture of Kripke's life and work than has previously been available to scholars of his thought. New topics covered in these essays include vacuous names and names in fiction, Kripke on logicism and de re attitude toward numbers, Kripke on the incoherency of adopting a logic, Kripke on colour words and his criticism of the primary versus secondary quality distinction, and Kripke's critique of functionalism. These essays not only present Kripke's basic arguments but also engage with the arguments and controversies engendered by his work, providing the most comprehensive analysis of his philosophy and writings available. This collection will become a classic in contemporary analytic philosophy.

Introduction Alan Berger
Part I. Naming, Necessity, Identity, and A Priority: 1. Kripke on proper and general names Bernard Linsky
2. Kripke on vacuous names and names in fiction Nathan Salmon
3. Kripke on epistemic and modal possibility: two routes to the necessary a posteriori Scott Soames
4. Possible world semantics and its philosophic foundations Robert Stalnaker
Part II. Formal Semantics, Truth, Philosophy of Math, and Philosophy of Logic: 5. Kripke models for modal logic and intuitionism John Burgess
6. Kripke's theory of truth John Burgess
7. Kripke on logicism, Wittgenstein, and de re beliefs about numbers Mark Steiner
8. Kripke on the incoherency of adopting a logic Alan Berger
Part III. Language and Mind: 9. Kripke's new puzzle about belief and our principles of belief attribution Mark Richard
10. A note on Kripke's puzzle about belief Nathan Salmon
11. Kripke's version of Wittgenstein: some conceptions and misconceptions George Wilson
12. Kripke on color words and the primary, secondary quality distinction Mario Gomez-Torrente
Part IV. Philosophy of Mind and Philosophical Psychology: 13. Kripke's views on Cartesianism and naturalism Sydney Shoemaker
14. Kripke's critique of functionalism Jeff Buechner.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF], Philosophy of language [CFA]