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. We know what aristotle names because he has some relationship with alexander the great. One of the properties, or some conjointly, are believed by a to pick out some individual uniquely. Routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and. Routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity. Saul kripke, naming and necessity, lecture i brown university. However, since kripke set that topic aside in naming and necessity, and perhaps because there has not yet been enough time for critical responses, noonan sets the topic aside as well. Saul kripke notes the importance of the concept of necessity in contemporary analytic philosophy. Naming and necessity an audience of onethe purpose and necessity of prophetic movement volume 1 war of necessity, war of choice. Kripke harvard university press cambridge, massachusetts. Saul kripkes naming and necessity consists of revised transcriptions of three lectures given at princeton university in 1970. The second motivation behind the classical view mentioned by kripke echoes freges. But the fact remains that the naming systems used in indexing are not always the same as those used in practice, and we are left with the necessity of having to know both.
Among analytic philosophers, naming and necessity is widely considered one of the most. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Read online naming and necessity via our pdf reader. Naming and necessity was mentioned as one of the eminent texts for this practice. After a short initial overview in chapter 1, perhaps more easily appreciated by more experienced readers, noonan turns in chapter 2 to. Reprmred by permtsston of the pubbshers from naming and necessity by saul a. The preface is not written in such a way as to be completely selfcontained. But if a name s associated descriptions only fix the reference, but dont provide the semantic content, of a name, we will be able to resist this unpalatable conclusion. Yet, rigidity in structuralism in general has a different meaning names achieve their referents through their relationship with other referents. He remarks that one could know a certain mathematical fact becaue it has been proven by a. Osamu kiritani 20 croatian journal of philosophy 1.
Naming and necessity, lecture ii kripkes critique of the description and kripkes own theory of names general theses of the description theory. Kripke summarizes the descriptivist theory of naming in the following theses where is a cluster of properties, a is an individual engaged in naming a thing, and x is the name 1. And i really liked it, at least the first two lectures as well as parts of the addenda and the intro. It is enough to note that the view he criticizes under. Even if we assume that the referent of a name like aristotle is fixed by means of a definite. Learning the nomenclature of organic compounds has many of the ele ments of learning a language, be it latin or fortran. The third lecture is sadly poorly written and argued someone else already commented on it in this stream below, i agree with that reader. 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. From kripkes naming and necessity michigan state university. Naming and necessity has had a great and increasing influence. There we saw that we could give the following test for the rigidity of a term. It occurs to me that structuralists like saussure have a similar theory of language with kripke and evans.
But in this comment ill just stick to my understanding of the work, without trying to go beyond it although it should be kept in mind that we ought to go beyond it, and people are doing that. Soames begins his book by discussing descriptivist. Naming and necessity 3 the preface first, but that they return to it for clarification if necessary after they have read the main text. Itwould be a situation in which there was some other woman who had many of the properties that are in fact. Reference and existence, saul kripkes john locke lectures for 1973, can be read as a sequel to his classic naming and necessity. The routledge philosophy guidebook to kripke and naming and necessity is an ideal starting point for anyone coming kripkes work for the first time. May 18, 2011 the standard line about why naming and necessity was so important is that kripkes amazing idea that proper names are rigid designators i. The unfinished semantic agenda of naming and necessity, by scott soames.
Preface originally i had intended to revise or augment naming and. He acknowledges that some of the views he articulates about. If not, anyway, such connections will be developed in the course of these talks. A critique of descriptivism recall that descriptivism about proper names is the view that there is a descriptive component to the. Kripkes naming and necessity lecture one 10pta priority. Philosophy of language handout 12 professor jeeloo liu saul kripke.
The modal argument 4849, 7177 in lecture i, kripke introduced the notion of rigid designation. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Im experimenting with video blogging for one of the philosophy courses i teach. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.
Kripkes critique of the description theory of names recap from his lecture i. Clare batty kripke, naming and necessity, lecture iii 1. Identifying the two, he supposes that both are given by. Centigrade, have already been given as exam ples, and other examples will be given later in these. I think naming and necessity is one of the greatest philosophical works of the 20th century. Video blog discussion post for andrew cullisons philosophy class language and modality. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of reference, in. A magic sword of necessity system administration guide. The ideas in naming and necessity evolved in the early sixties most of the views were formulated in about 196364. Of coursei waspointing to awooden tablein the room. The preface of 21 pages describes the genesis and background of the leading ideas of the monograph, and discusses a few common misunderstandings.
Giving the semantic content this is one facet of a fregean sense. I dont think its the last word on the topics it deals with far from it. In this lecture, professor saul kripke takes the opportunity to revisit some of the more controversial points in his seminal work naming and necessity. Find a summary of this and each chapter of naming and necessity. 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. Scholars have recently established that the iliad and the odyssey were not, after all, written by homer. Naming and necessity, lecture i professor jeeloo liu saul kripke.
The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and gilbert harman. Feb 11, 2009 video blog discussion post for andrew cullisons philosophy class language and modality. In a part of lecture i not reprinted in martinich, he says. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. So the classical picture seems to successfully dissolve this puzzle about reference. Naming and necessity lecture 1 summary course hero.
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. Chapter summary for saul kripkes naming and necessity, lecture 1 summary. Naming and necessity, lecture ii kripkes critique of the. Lecture notes introduction to philosophy of language. To every name or designating expression x, there corresponds a cluster of properties, namely the family of those properties.
For he takes the sense of a designator to be its meaning. Furthermore, because of the use of tools involving reference and. Pdf on sep 15, 2007, zsofia zvolenszky and others published naming with. Lecture i lecture ii lecture iii addenda index contents 1 22 71 106 156 165. Kripke on naming and necessity university of toronto. In naming and necessity saul kripke criticized descriptivist theories of proper names and suggested a.
Naming and necessity a conflation in freges notion of sense frege should be criticized for using the term sense in two senses. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. Naming and necessity is a 1980 book with the transcript of three lectures, given by the. The first lecture provides a brief historical survey of the. Naming and necessity from a functional point of view. A sense is supposed to be that which is grasped by the mind, a meaning in some nontechnical sense. Those ways of reading it are interesting, but i think that what kripke is saying is, in the end, quite simple, which is why the book has enjoyed such lasting popularity. As weve seen, despite the fact that russell did and frege. Intuitive test for rigid designation n is a rigid designator i.
Kripke notes that there is an obvious problem with the classical theory of names, and one that other people, including frege and russell, have noticed. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing influence. In lecture 3 of nn, kripke offered an ingenious defense of the conceivability argument. January 20, 19701 i hope that some people see some connection between the two topics in the title.
Free download naming and necessity pdf, if there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. Summary kripke criticized descriptivist theories of proper names in the first lecture of his naming and necessity. In the lectures kripke is responding to previous attempts to solve certain problems in the. It is essential reading for philosophy students studying.
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