Kripke and Naming and Necessity

ISBN-13: 9780415436212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 246 str.

Harold W. Noonan

Opis

Saul Kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. In this guidebook to Kripke's classic work, Harold Noonan introduces and assesses: Kripke's life and the background to his philosophy the ideas and text of Naming and Necessity the continuing importance of Kripke's work to the philosophy of language and metaphysics.

Spis treści

1.Introductory Overview  2. The Background  3. Naming  4. Necessity  5. Extensions.  Index

O autorze

Harold Noonan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Hume on Knowledge (1998), and Personal Identity (second edition 2003), both available from Routledge.