Certainly the philosopher of 'possible worlds' must take care that his technical apparatus not push him to ask questions whose meaningfulness is not supported by our original intuitions of possibility that gave the apparatus its point. — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
Let's call something a rigid designator if in every possible world it designates the same object, a non-rigid or accidental designator if that is not the case. Of course we don't require that the objects exist in all possible worlds....… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
Certainly the philosopher of 'possible worlds' must take care that his technical apparatus not push him to ask questions whose meaningfulness is not supported… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significance of the… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
I am somewhat uncertain whether there is a definite factual question as to whether natural language handles truth-value gaps. Nor am I even quite… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting. — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
In fact, of course, I hold that propositions that contemporary philosophers would properly count as 'empirical' can be necessary and be known to be… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
Let's call something a rigid designator if in every possible world it designates the same object, a non-rigid or accidental designator if that is… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
