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Naming, Necessity and More : Explorations in the Philosophical Work of Saul Kripke / by Jonathan Berg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berg, Jonathan., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logic.
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Linguistics.
- Philosophy of Language.
- Local Subjects:
- Logic.
- Philosophy of Language.
- Linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from this and other works of Kripke's.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Part I: Naming; 1 Why Rigidity?; 2 Tradition and Language; Part II: Necessity; 3 Over-Assignment of Structure; 4 Modal Paradox; 5 Personal Identity: What's the Problem?; Part III: Meaning; 6 A Fregean Look at Kripke's Modal Notion of Meaning; 7 Semantics in the Twilight Zone; Part IV: Skepticism; 8 Kripke's Infinity Argument; 9 Kripke's Paradox of Meaning; 10 Skeptical Arguments in Hume and Wittgenstein; Part V: Logic; 11 The Road to Gödel; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349486243
- 1349486248
- 9781137400932
- 1137400935
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