{"product_id":"naming-and-necessity-isbn-9780631128014","title":"Naming and Necessity","description":"\u003ci\u003eNaming and Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e has had a great and increasing influence. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. This seminal work, to which today's thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form with a new preface by the author. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics, or in philosophy of language, this is it.  Preface. \u003cp\u003eLecture I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLecture II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLecture III.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddenda.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Brilliant and very influential . . . stands up as an impressive and enduring work of philosophy, outstanding in its sweep, clarity and penetration.\"—\u003ci\u003eColin McGinn, Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"When these lectures were first published eight years ago, they stood analytic philosophy on its ear. Everybody was either furious, or exhilarated, or thoroughly perplexed. No one was indifferent. This welcome republication provides a chance to look back at a modern classic, and to say something about why it was found so shocking and liberating.\"—\u003ci\u003eRichard Rorty, London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSaul Kripke\u003c\/b\u003e is a Distinguished Professor in the Philosophy Department at the Graduate Center, CUNY. \u003ci\u003eNaming and Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e has had a great and increasing influence. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. This seminal work, to which today's thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form with a new preface by the author. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics, or in philosophy of language, this is it.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989668577509,"sku":"NP9780631128014","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631128014.jpg?v=1761785031","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/naming-and-necessity-isbn-9780631128014","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}