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