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 sure that there is a definite question of fact as to whether natural language should be evaluated by the minimal fixed point or another, given the choice of a scheme for handling gaps. We are not at the moment searching for the correct scheme.
Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise - Saul Kripke
Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise
- Saul Kripke
Proper names are rigid designators. - Saul Kripke
Proper names are rigid designators.
Certainly the philosopher of 'possible worlds' must take care that his technical apparatus not push him to ask questions whose meaningfulness is not … - Saul Kripke
Certainly the philosopher of 'possible worlds' must take care that his technical apparatus not push him to ask questions whose meaningfulness is not …
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 sur… - 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 even quite sur…
I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting. - Saul Kripke
I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.
Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significa… - Saul Kripke
Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significa…
I wish I could have skipped college. - Saul Kripke
I wish I could have skipped college.
For a sensation to be felt as pain is for it to be pain - Saul Kripke
For a sensation to be felt as pain is for it to be pain
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… - 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 that is not…
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