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Naming and Necessity: 50th Anniversary Edition

Saul A. Kripke

$31.95

Publication Date: May 21st, 2024

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

ISBN:

9780470672297

Pages:

176

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Description

Since first appearing in 1972, Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity has shaped and continues to shape debates in metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and adjacent areas. It overturned long-established views concerning the relationships between names and descriptions and a priority and necessity, and catalyzed today's thriving essentialist metaphysics. This landmark work is here reissued for its 50th anniversary with a new preface by the author revisiting its central themes. If there is such a thing as essential reading in analytic philosophy, this is it.

About the Author

Saul Kripke (1940-2022) was a Distinguished Professor in the Philosophy and Computer Science Programs at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. The author of trailblazing results in modal logic while still in high school, Kripke went on to become one of the most influential logicians and philosophers of his time. He was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2001.