A forthcoming essay by this philosopher discusses the nature of the self and is based on a lecture he gave entitled, "The First Person." Other important unpublished works by him include a work on the theory of R.G. Collingwood as well as an algebraic proof of Godel's incompleteness theorem. His 1982 work on Philosophical  Investigations provided the most comprehensive account of Wittgenstein's account of rules and private language.  His best-known work uses the example of the possibility of heating or cooling a meter stick to demonstrate that the statement that one met
A forthcoming essay by this philosopher discusses the nature of the self and is based on a lecture he gave entitled, "The First Person." Other important unpublished works by him include a work on the theory of R.G. Collingwood as well as an algebraic proof of Godel's incompleteness theorem. His 1982 work on Philosophical  Investigations provided the most comprehensive account of Wittgenstein's account of rules and private language.  His best-known work uses the example of the possibility of heating or cooling a meter stick to demonstrate that the statement that one meter is equal to the length of a meter stick is false in some possible worlds. That work argues for the existence of necessary a posteriori and contingent a priori truths and introduces the concept of the rigid designator. For 10 points, identify this analytic philosopher and author of Naming and Necessity.
A forthcoming essay by this philosopher discusses the nature of the self and is based on a lecture he gave entitled, "The First Person.
Saul Kripke