Kripke's Philosophy

Pre-requisites: None.

Course objectives: Students should gain insight into Saul Kripke's main accomplishments in contemporary philosophy.

Course description: An introductory course on the philosophy of Saul Kripke that covers his main accomplishments in philosophy of language, philosophy of modality, philosophy of mind, metaphysics as well as his interpretation of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.

Learning Outcomes: It is expected that students will get a better understanding of the philosophy of Saul Kripke, which has had a great impact on many interesting questions in contemporary philosophy as well as to improve their writing skills.

Literature/Reading:

• Kripke, Saul. (1992). Identitet i nužnost, u Ž. Lazović i A. Pavković (prir.), Ogledi o jeziku i značenju, Beograd: FDS.
• Kripke, Saul. (1997). Imenovanje i nužnost. Zagreb: Kruzak.
• Kripke, Saul. (2011), Philosophical Troubles, collected papers, vol. 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Kripke, Saul. (1959), “A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic”, Journal of Symbolic Logic, 24: 1–14.
• Kripke, Saul. (1982), Wittgenstein on Rule and Private Language: An Elementary Exposition, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
• Chalmers, David. (2010). “The Two-Dimensional Argument against Materialism”, in D. Chalmers (ed.), The Character of Consciousness, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Lewis, David. (2004). “Ludi bol i marsovski bol”, u B. Stanković (prir.), Saznajno povlašćeni položaj? Pančevo: Mali Nemo.
• Prelević, Duško. (2013). “Dvodimenzionalna semantika i neofregeovsko razrešenje Fregeove zagonetke, u M. Arsenijević (prir.), Beogradsko-riječki susreti, Beograd: Institut za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu.
• Berger, Alan (ed.) (2011), Saul Kripke, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (izbor)
• Soames, Scott. (2006), ”The Philosophical Significance of the Kripkean Necessary A Posteriori”, Philosophical Issues, 16: 288–309.
• Yablo, Stephen. (2006). “No Fool’s Cold: Notes on Illusion of Possibility”, in G. Carpintero and J. Macia (eds.), Two-Dimensional Semantics: Foundations and Applications, Oxford: Oxford University Press.