{"product_id":"saul-kripke-9780745652849","title":"Saul Kripke","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaul 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eStephen Neale, City University of New York\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eScott Soames, University of Southern California\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMark Steiner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface page vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlan 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Naming 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMill vs Frege 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eError and Ignorance 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetalinguistic Theories 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Historical Chain Picture 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference vs Attribution 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Identity 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Logic and its Archenemy 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRigidity 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Necessity of Identity 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contingent a Priori 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Necessity 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagination and the Necessary a Posteriori 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Substances 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Kinds 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Phenomena and Natural Law 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mystery of Modality 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Belief 78\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirect Reference 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePuzzling Pierre 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoles Apart 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCounterfactual Attitudes 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpty Names 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Rules 104\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConventionalism 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKripkenstein 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Analogy with Hume 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Skeptical Paradox 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Skeptical Solution 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Mind 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysicalism 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunctionalism 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Functionalism 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Physicalism 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mystery of Mentality 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A Models 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Logic of Modality 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKripke Models 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Curse of the Barcan Formulas 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControversy and Confusion 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix B Truth 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadox and Pathology 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKripke vs Tarski 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed Points 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Intuitive Notion of Truth 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 211\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404401582423,"sku":"9780745652849","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745652849.jpg?v=1730486353","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/saul-kripke-9780745652849","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}