Engaging Kripke with Wittgenstein (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy)

✍ Scribed by Martin Gustafsson (editor), Oskari Kuusela (editor), Jakub Mácha (editor)

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 315
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume draws connections between Wittgenstein's philosophy and the work of Saul Kripke, especially his Naming and Necessity.

Saul Kripke is regarded as one of the foremost representatives of contemporary analytic philosophy. His most important contributions include the strict distinction between metaphysical and epistemological questions, the introduction of the notions of contingent a priori truth and necessary a posteriori truth, and original accounts of names, descriptions, identity, necessity, and realism. The chapters in this book elucidate the relevant connections between Kripke’s work and Wittgenstein, specifically concerning the standard meter, contingent apriori, and rule-following. The contributions shed light on how Kripke’s philosophical outlook was influenced by Wittgenstein, and how mainstream analytic philosophy and Wittgensteinian philosophy can fruitfully engage with one another.

Engaging Kripke with Wittgenstein will be of interest to philosophers working on Wittgenstein, Kripke, and the history of analytic philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction
1 On the Alleged Incompatibility Between Wittgenstein and Kripke
2 Real Names
3 Kripke’s Wittgenstein and Kripke’s Causal-Historical Picture of Reference
4 Modality: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Versus Saul Kripke
5 Does It Make Sense to Say That the Standard Meter Is One Meter Long?
6 Who Is Afraid of Truth Gaps? Wittgenstein and Kripke on the Standard Meter
7 Kripke’s Standard Meter—A Religious Dream?
8 Overlooked Distinctions: The Mirage of Contingent A Priori
9 How Long Is the Standard Meter in Paris?
10 The Illusion of Intransitive Measurement: Diamond, Kripke and Wittgenstein on the Standard Meter
11 Kripke’s Transcendental Realist Fantasy and Wittgenstein’s Transcendental Idealism, After All
12 The Ancient Roots of Wittgenstein’s Liberatory Philosophy: How Revisiting the Ancients Can Illuminate the Difference Between Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Freedom and Kripke’s Philosophy of Mere Anarchy
Index