Kripke

Informationen zum Autor John Patton Burgess is a John N. Woodhull Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley's Group in Logic and Methodology of Science. His interests include logic, philosophy of mathematics and metaethics. Klappentext Saul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. Although much of his work remains unpublished, several major essays have now appeared in print, most recently in his long-awaited collection Philosophical Troubles.In this book Kripke's long-time colleague, the logician and philosopher John P. Burgess, offers a thorough and self-contained guide to all of Kripke's published books and his most important philosophical papers, old and new. It also provides an authoritative but non-technical account of Kripke's influential contributions to the study of modal logic and logical paradoxes. Although Kripke has been anything but a system-builder, Burgess expertly uncovers the connections between different parts of his oeuvre. Kripke is shown grappling, often in opposition to existing traditions, with mysteries surrounding the nature of necessity, rule-following, and the conscious mind, as well as with intricate and intriguing puzzles about identity, belief and self-reference. Clearly contextualizing the full range of Kripke's work, Burgess outlines, summarizes and surveys the issues raised by each of the philosopher's major publications.Kripke will be essential reading for anyone interested in the work of one of analytic philosophy's greatest living thinkers. "With characteristic verve and clarity, Burgess succeeds in doing what many thought impossible: presenting the best of Kripke's philosophical and technical work in a precise, readable, and highly illuminating fashion. Every philosopher should read this." Stephen Neale, City University of New York "Destined to become a classic, this is the best systematic overview of Saul Kripke's major contributions to philosophy. While each chapter and appendix provides an excellent introduction for those new to the material, old hands will relish Burgess's provocative takes on Kripkean views of belief, rule-following, and the mind. The explanation of the connection between Kripke's technical and philosophical work on truth and modality is masterful." Scott Soames, University of Southern California "Burgess provides a masterful introduction to Kripke's philosophy, but this volume is more than that; it is a first-rate piece of philosophy in its own right, as one would expect from one of the leading philosophers of mathematics in the world." Mark Steiner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Zusammenfassung Saul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface page viiAcknowledgments xIntroduction 1Background 2Plan 71 Naming 11Mill vs Frege 11Error and Ignorance 19Metalinguistic Theories 24The Historical Chain Picture 28Reference vs Attribution 332 Identity 37Modal Logic and its Archenemy 37Rigidity 45The Necessity of Identity 50Resistance 53The Contingent a Priori 563 Necessity 59Imagination and the Necessary a Posteriori 59Natural Substances 64Natural Kinds 69Natural Phenomena and Natural Law 71The Mystery of Modality 744 Belief 78Direct Reference 78Puzzling Pierre 83Poles Apart 88Counterfactual Attitudes 91Empty Names 985 Rules 104Conventionalism 105Kripkenstein 108The Analogy with Hume 110The Skeptical Paradox 116The Skeptical Solution 1206 Mind 12...

List of contents

Preface page vii
 
Acknowledgments x
 
Introduction 1
 
Background 2
 
Plan 7
 
1 Naming 11
 
Mill vs Frege 11
 
Error and Ignorance 19
 
Metalinguistic Theories 24
 
The Historical Chain Picture 28
 
Reference vs Attribution 33
 
2 Identity 37
 
Modal Logic and its Archenemy 37
 
Rigidity 45
 
The Necessity of Identity 50
 
Resistance 53
 
The Contingent a Priori 56
 
3 Necessity 59
 
Imagination and the Necessary a Posteriori 59
 
Natural Substances 64
 
Natural Kinds 69
 
Natural Phenomena and Natural Law 71
 
The Mystery of Modality 74
 
4 Belief 78
 
Direct Reference 78
 
Puzzling Pierre 83
 
Poles Apart 88
 
Counterfactual Attitudes 91
 
Empty Names 98
 
5 Rules 104
 
Conventionalism 105
 
Kripkenstein 108
 
The Analogy with Hume 110
 
The Skeptical Paradox 116
 
The Skeptical Solution 120
 
6 Mind 128
 
Physicalism 128
 
Functionalism 131
 
Against Functionalism 134
 
Against Physicalism 136
 
The Mystery of Mentality 140
 
Appendix A Models 143
 
The Logic of Modality 143
 
Kripke Models 147
 
The Curse of the Barcan Formulas 150
 
Controversy and Confusion 153
 
Appendix B Truth 157
 
Paradox and Pathology 158
 
Kripke vs Tarski 159
 
Fixed Points 165
 
The Intuitive Notion of Truth 170
 
Notes 175
 
Bibliography 204
 
Index 211

Report

"With characteristic verve and clarity, Burgess succeeds in doing what many thought impossible: presenting the best of Kripke's philosophical and technical work in a precise, readable, and highly illuminating fashion. Every philosopher should read this."
Stephen Neale, City University of New York
 
"Destined to become a classic, this is the best systematic overview of Saul Kripke's major contributions to philosophy. While each chapter and appendix provides an excellent introduction for those new to the material, old hands will relish Burgess's provocative takes on Kripkean views of belief, rule-following, and the mind. The explanation of the connection between Kripke's technical and philosophical work on truth and modality is masterful."
Scott Soames, University of Southern California
 
"Burgess provides a masterful introduction to Kripke's philosophy, but this volume is more than that; it is a first-rate piece of philosophy in its own right, as one would expect from one of the leading philosophers of mathematics in the world."
Mark Steiner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Product details

• Authors: J Burgess, John Burgess, John P Burgess, John P. Burgess
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2012
• EAN: 9780745652856
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-5285-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers; Key Contemporary Thinkers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Erkenntnistheorie, Philosophie, Sprachphilosophie, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy, Epistemology, philosophische Logik, Philosophical Logic