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Is Kripke right about statements of identity between names?

Abstract
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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/6732
Date13 March 2009
CreatorsHarris, Chadwin Mark
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf, application/pdf

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