Saul A. Kripke (1940–2022)

Autore di Nome e necessità

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Sull'Autore

Born in Bay Shore, New York, the son of a rabbi (Myer Samuel) and a writer (Dorothy Karp), Saul Kripke demonstrated his genius to his startled parents when he was only 3 years old. He not only drew the logical consequences of ordinary beliefs, but also solved intricate problems in mathematics. As a mostra altro child prodigy, he was presented by his father to distinguished mathematicians and philosophers, who were overwhelmed by his talents. His father introduced him at the age of 15 to a group of eminent mathematicians, headed by Haskell B. Curry. From his debut grew his first published article, "A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic," which appeared in the Journal of Symbolic Logic. Kripke's boyhood genius did not flicker out in the 1960s, when he studied at Harvard, Oxford, Princeton and Rockefeller University or, more accurately, when he worked independently at these institutions and had occasional contact with his surroundings. His academic training was unique. He ascended directly to full professorships, without ever earning a doctorate. In fact, his highest academic degree was a B.A. from Harvard University, which he received in 1962. Kripkenever earned a doctorate, because no academician could be found to teach him. Consequently, the universities let him alone and admitted him to their faculties when he said he was ready. Slow to publish his lectures, Kripke nonetheless released a few articles, which he published exclusively in technical journals of philosophy and mathematics. So far his work has extended the boundaries of the most abstruse field of analytic philosophy, modal logic. He is esteemed for having invented the quantitative formulations of modality and for having opened up the ontological territory of possible worlds. At the age of 36, he was appointed James McCosh Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. Kripke's awards include a Fulbright Fellowship (1962), Guggenheim Fellowship (1968), and a Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (1981). His work, esoteric as it may seem to a public acquainted with such "social" philosophers as John Dewey or Jean-Paul Sartre, has created new fields in mathematical set theory and modal logic, which will generate Ph.D. theses for years to come. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Fonte dell'immagine: Prof. Saul A. Kripke. Photo credit: Robert P. Matthews, 1983 (photo courtesy of Princeton University)

Serie

John Locke Lectures

Opere di Saul A. Kripke

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Nome e necessità (1980) 922 copie

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Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings (2002) — Collaboratore — 291 copie

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Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology (2000) — Collaboratore — 75 copie

Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology (2004) — Collaboratore — 74 copie

Reading Metaphysics: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Reading Philosophy) (2007) — Collaboratore — 17 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale: Kripke, Saul Aaron
Data di nascita: 1940-11-13
Data di morte: 2022-09-15
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA
Luogo di morte: Plainsboro, New Jersey, USA
Causa della morte: cancer {pancreatic}
Istruzione: Harvard University
Attività lavorative: philosopher
university professor
Relazioni: Kripke, Dorothy Karp (parent)
Kripke, Myer S. (parent)
Gilbert, Margaret (former spouse)
Organizzazioni: CUNY Graduate Center
Princeton University
Premi e riconoscimenti: Rolf Schock Prize (Logic and Philosophy, 2001)

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Recensioni

Naming and Necessity di Saul A. Kripke

12/16/21

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laplantelibrary | 3 altre recensioni | Dec 16, 2021 |

Naming and Necessity di Saul A. Kripke

This is, and should be, a classic in philosophy. It is a rebirth of metaphysics, which was killed of by the logical positivists. It demonstrates the necessity and shows the metaphysical problems in a world that has undergone the revolution of modern science and gives solutions to them that other philosophers will not have thought of. It demystifices possible world semantics and introduces rigid designation, it also breaks the link between necessity and a prioricism that gradually had become unconceivable to question in the history of philosophy.

I believe, his metaphysical results are very relevant to philosophy of mind, which is my main interest. But his ability to question previous philosophical tradition in metaphysics is missing in his philosophy of mind (specifically a Cartesian outlook). This is not just a question of that I disagree with him as he seems oblivious to obvious counter-arguments. Philosophy of mind must have changed so radically between this book was published 45 years ago and when I first studied it 20 years ago.… (altro)

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sharder | 3 altre recensioni | Apr 17, 2017 |

Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language: An… di Saul A. Kripke

Any philosopher should know Wittgenstein through Saul Kripke

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vegetarian | 1 altra recensione | Aug 13, 2012 |

Naming and Necessity di Saul A. Kripke

This series of lectures is best passed over by anyone not thoroughly interested in the picayune quibbles and splitting of imaginary hairs that dominates modern academic metaphysics. Although, if you happen to enjoy non-sequiturs, category errors, equivocation of terms, or a dogged determination to draw ridiculous conclusions from implausible premises, then you might find some mild amusement in this book - though, to be honest, it doesn't score quite as well in any of those categories as certain works by David Lewis.… (altro)

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dilettanti | 3 altre recensioni | May 18, 2008 |

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