Naming, Necessity and More: Explorations in the Philosophical Work of Saul Kripke

Marc Notes: Saul Kripke's 'Naming and Necessity' was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from this and other works of Kripke's. Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionPART I: NAMING1. Thinking and Referring Rigidly; Stephen Neale 2. Why Rigidity?; Hanoch Ben-Yami 3. Tradition and Language; Meir BuzagloPART II: NECESSITY4. Over-Assignment of Structure; Eli Dresner 5. Modal Paradox; Teresa Robertson 6. Personal Identity: What's the Problem?; Nathan Salmon PART III: MEANING7. A Fregean Look at Kripke's Modal Notion of Meaning; Gilead Bar-Elli 8. Semantics in the Twilight Zone; Jonathan Berg PART IV: SKEPTICISM9. Kripke's Infinity Argument; Oron Shagrir 10. Kripke's Paradox of Meaning; Paul Horwich 11. Skeptical Arguments in Hume and Wittgenstein; Mark Steiner PART V: LOGIC12. The Road to Godel; Saul KripkeIndex Biographical Note: Jonathan Berg teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Haifa and has held visiting appointments at UCLA, the University of Pittsburgh, Simon Fraser University, the University of Bristol, the University of London, Georgetown University, and the Graduate Center at CUNY.

Contributor Bio:  Berg, Jonathan Jonathan Berg teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Haifa and has held visiting appointments at UCLA, the University of Pittsburgh, Simon Fraser University, the University of Bristol, the University of London, Georgetown University, and the Graduate Center at CUNY.