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- Title
Kripke's sole route to the necessary a posteriori.
- Authors
Eaker, Erin
- Abstract
In 'Kripke on epistemic and metaphysical possibility: two routes to the necessary a posteriori', Scott Soames identifies two arguments for the existence of necessary a posteriori truths in Naming and Necessity (NN). He argues that Kripke's second argument relies on either of two principles, each of which leads to contradiction. He also claims that it has led to 'two-dimensionalist' approaches to the necessary a posteriori which are fundamentally at odds with the insights about meaning and modality expressed in NN. I argue that the alleged second argument is not in NN. I identify the mistakes that lead to Soames' misinterpretation.
- Subjects
KRIPKE semantics; MATHEMATICAL logic; KRIPKE, Saul A., 1940-2022; LOGIC; REASONING
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 3/4, p388
- ISSN
0045-5091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/00455091.2014.952105