T there is no criterion for whether the application of f by a speaker x to some new object a is correctthat is to say, an object to which x has. One is the problem of empty names, typical examples of which are. Lecture i lecture ii lecture iii lecture iv lecture v lecture vi references. Although it is no replacement for kripkes published article on this distinction 1977, it does offer a fresh narrativeapproach to the distinction and some nice material that. The proof exhibits a statement of number theoryone which is not at all self referringand constructs two models, in one of which it is true and in the other of which it is false, thereby. Saul kripke s locke lectures were delivered in oxford in 1973. The considerations i have in mind have to do with the existence of improper. Benyamis recent critique in semantics of kind terms. Lecture ii hope the title of these lectures gives some indication of their content. I do stand by the principal theses of my work, and the pressure for much revision is not intense. Kripke reference and existence free download pdf kupdf.
If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is it. The john locke lectures kindle edition by kripke, saul a download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Titled reference and existence, they are in many respects a continuation of. When these lectures naming and necessity were first published, they stood analytic philosophy on its ear. If jack is not already a name in the langage, why can we. Kripke himself explicitly disavows this sort of reconstruction of his proposal 156157. Naively, a name is just a tag or label for an object in the world but the obvious question then concerns names for objects that are nowhere in the world, names like zeus, sherlock holmes, vulcan etc. Kripke shows the paradox by offering an example about how we use the word plus wr, pp.
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. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and gilbert harman. I argue that goodman has mistaken the basis for when mythical abstracta are created. This volume is a publication of the lectures in book form for the fi rst time. Metaphilosophy at work kripke on reference and existence. Timothy williamson, blurb praise for kripkes reference and existence.
Lecture v is taken up with an extended discussion of kripke s speakers reference semantic reference distinction. The epistemic argument 8687 there is another powerful argument against the description theory, on which kripke touches only brie. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the graduate center of the city university of new york and emeritus professor at princeton university. Naming and necessity is a 1980 book with the transcript of three lectures, given by the. A central thread in 20thcentury philosophy is the debate over proper names or just names. Kripke claims that i and ii are selfevident theses of philosophical logic independent of natural language. I can see nothing wrong with direct self reference of this type. Click download or read online button to get saul kripke book now. This, then, the real menig of the idntity statement in uestion. A simpler, and more direct, form of selfreference uses demon stratives or proper names. If you have any aspiration to become an academic philosopher at some major university, you must not overlook professor kripke s works. Pdf download reference and existence free nwc books. So, from my understanding, it seems kripke holds the idea that scientific investigation into the nature of water led us to figure out its structural property, that. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.
Or, as kripke puts it, how does the reference of a name get. Jan 01, 20 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 195 h t the thing which we saw in the evening is the thing which we saw in. Kripkes metalinguistic apparatus and the analysis of definite descriptions. I will, how ever, use this preface briefly to describe the background and. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the widget. Speakers reference and semantic reference saul kripke 1 am going to discuss some issues inspired by a wellknown paper of keith donnellan, reference and definite descriptions, but the interestto meof the contrast mentioned in my title goes beyond donnellans paper. Contrary to goodman i show that, as well as how, kripkes theory. Please click button to get kripke names necessity and identity book now. Lecture v is taken up with an extended discussion of kripkes speakers referencesemantic reference distinction. Reference and existence the john locke lectures for 1973.
Knowledge, belief, and the a priori christian helmut wenzel, taiwan 1. In 20 oxford university press published the lectures as a book, also titled reference and existence. Originally it had been used to mark a certain form of argument, an argument that proceeds from what is prior to what is later, from cause to effect. According to the classical view, we associate descriptions with names, and the references of. I deliberately ignore delicate questions arising from the possible nonexistence of an object p. When these lectures naming and necessity were first published. Ever since the publication of its original version, naming and necessity has had great and increasing. This reader, therefore, couldnt help feeling disappointed at the conclusion to this otherwise tremendous work. Although it is no replacement for kripkes published article on this distinction 1977, it does offer a fresh narrativeapproach to the distinction and some nice material that doesnt appear in that article. According to the classical view, we associate descriptions with names, and the references of names are. The proof exhibits a statement of number theoryone which is not at all self referring and constructs two models, in one of which it is true and in the other of which it is false, thereby. This is even more controversial than kripkes modal metaphysics for proper names, see e.
In reference to a oneplace predicate f, the sceptical thesis reads as follows. Pdf metaphilosophy at work kripke on reference and. View notes kripkelecture1 from phil 8310 at utah valley university. As kripke points out, it is an important strength for the classical picture of naming that it has a story to tell about this.
Whilst most people have heard of socrates, machiavelli and nietzsche, many are less clear on their theories and key concepts. Reference and existence, saul kripke s john locke lectures for 1973, can be read as a sequel to his classic naming and necessity. Click download or read online button to get great thinkers book now. The existence expressed by there is cannot be a characteristic mark of a concept whose property it is, just because it is a property of it. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. I develop and defend one candidate answer to this question, namely that to make an existenceclaim with regard to fs is to claim that we can refer to fs. Kripke used these techniques to establish incompleteness by means that could, in principle, have been understood by nineteenthcentury mathematicians.
Kripke reference and existence free download as pdf file. Request pdf on jul 1, 2014, jonathan mckeowngreen and others published reference and existence. If you have any aspiration to become an academic philosopher at some major university, you must not overlook professor kripkes works. To avoid the meinongian thesis, there exist nonexistent objects. Saul kripke reference and existence the john free ebook download as pdf file. Speakers reference and semantic reference saul kripke 1 am going to discuss some issues inspired by a wellknown paper of keith donnellan, reference and definite descriptions, but the interestto meof the contrast. I also defend it against the charges of illegitimate semantic ascent and of making. Kripkes claptrap on proper names 4 the seuren blog. Existence as the possibility of reference springerlink. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. Reference and existence, saul kripkes john locke lectures for 1973, can be read as a sequel to his classic naming and necessity. Saul kripke reference and existence the john existence.
In this reply i defend kripkes creationist thesis for mythical objects reference and existence, 20 against jeffrey goodmans counterargument to the thesis creatures of fiction, objects of myth, analysis, 741, 3540, 2014. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Pdf reference and existence download full pdf book. As an alternative, kripke adumbrated a causal theory of reference, according to. In the sentence there are men we seem to be speaking of individuals that fall under the concept man, whereas it is only the concept man we are talking about. I show how this theory can fulfil the most important explanatory desiderata for a theory of existence. But once it too is rejected, it is difficult to make any sense of what the positive proposal is. Mar 11, 2014 i develop and defend one candidate answer to this question, namely that to make an existenceclaim with regard to fs is to claim that we can refer to fs. That identity statements between what we call names in actual language are necessary. Naming and necessity obviously, aside from such amplification in the preface, there are passages in the monograph other than just footnote 56 that i might modify. Kripke reference and existence contents lecture i 3. A seemingly powerful objection to this view invokes fictional reference.
Apr 11, 2016 lecture v is taken up with an extended discussion of kripkes speakers referencesemantic reference distinction. Kripkes definition of semantic reference rests on the assertion that there are certain linguistic rules or conventions which determine what the rent of a reference is whether the reference takes place on an occasion or is something an expression does as such, given a particular state of the world. Kripke names necessity and identity download ebook pdfepub. A simpler, and more direct, form of self reference uses demon stratives or proper names. Quine anticipated this approach in reference and modality over 20 years before it was fully developed by kripke, and dismissed it outright. Great thinkers download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Apr 11, 2016 reference and existence, by saul kripke. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972 in semantics of natural language, edited by donald davidson and. Outline of a theory of truth saul kripke the journal of. Kripke clarifies philosophical puzzles about existence, reference, and necessity and advances solutions to thembetter than any other living philosopher, in my opinion.
Kripke was well aware of the problem of reference to nonexistent entities when he presented his lectures in 1972. Pdf reference and existence download full pdf book download. In a 1995 paper, philosopher quentin smith argued that key concepts in kripke s new theory of reference originated in the work of ruth barcan marcus more than a decade earlier. Although it is no replacement for kripke s published article on this distinction 1977, it does offer a fresh narrativeapproach to the distinction and some nice material that. Since the 1960s, kripke has been a central figure in a number of fields related to mathematical logic, modal logic, philosophy of language. It confronts important issues left open in that work among them, the semantics of proper names and natural kind terms as they occur in fiction and in myth. Consider a sentence of the form, if the f exists, then the f. While the entity referred to exists, its existence is a function of the activities and practices of concrete individuals and has no reality. An individual user may print out a pdf of a single chapter of a monograph in oso for personal use. T there is no criterion for whether the application of f by a speaker x to some new object a. The john locke lectures, the philosophical quarterly, 65.
Kripke clarifies philosophical puzzles about existence, reference, and necessityand advances solutions to thembetter than any other living philosopher, in my opinion. Saul kripkes naming and necessity is widely acknowledged as one of the most important works of twentieth century philosophy. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Question about kripkes rigid designators im a little confused when it comes to kripkes rigid designators, any help from people who are more knowledgeable on this would be great. Let jack be a name of the sentence jack is short, and we have a sentence that says of itself that it is short. The notion of the a priori underwent several changes since the time it came into existence in the middle ages. The language of reason and ought, in daniel star ed. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Since the beginning of time mankind has struggled with the big questions surrounding our existence.
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