Perspective voyage · 1970 and 1980

Kripke — Names and descriptions under counterfactual conditions

Could the same name still refer to the object if that object did not satisfy the description?

Person or traditionSaul Kripke

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The core of Naming and Necessity is associated with the 1970 Princeton lectures and was followed by a 1972 transcript/article and the 1980 book.

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Vale Saul Kripke, 1940–2022
Princeton University Department of Philosophy
Locator: 1970 Princeton Three Lecture Series
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Naming and Necessity
Saul A. Kripke · 1980 · Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980; WorldCat record OCLC 5726909
Locator: Harvard University Press, 1980 edition metadata
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Reference
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: Bibliography: Kripke 1972 and 1980
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