Saul Kripke

I wish I could have skipped college.

— Saul Kripke

Proper names are rigid designators.

— Saul Kripke

Certainly the philosopher of 'possible worlds' must take care that his technical apparatus not push him to ask questions whose meaningfulness is…

— Saul Kripke

I want to read philosophers.

— Saul Kripke

Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significance…

— Saul Kripke

I am somewhat uncertain whether there is a definite factual question as to whether natural language handles truth-value gaps. Nor am I…

— Saul Kripke

I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.

— Saul Kripke

In fact, of course, I hold that propositions that contemporary philosophers would properly count as 'empirical' can be necessary and be known…

— Saul Kripke

Let's call something a rigid designator if in every possible world it designates the same object, a non-rigid or accidental designator if…

— Saul Kripke

For a sensation to be felt as pain is for it to be pain

— Saul Kripke

Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise

— Saul Kripke