Is Kripke right about statements of identity between names?
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2009-03-13T11:25:51Z
Authors
Harris, Chadwin Mark
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In this report I critically evaluate Kripke’s rejection of the possibility of contingently true
statements of identity between names. I extract his argument for this view from his book
Naming and Necessity and his article “Identity and Necessity”. I discuss debates in the
relevant literature about Kripke’s positions on naming, reference and modality, as these
issues influence Kripke’s conclusions about statements of identity between names. I
provide my own arguments for rejecting Kripke’s conclusions and accepting that there
can be contingently true statements of identity between names.
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Kripke, Identity, Naming, Rigid designation