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Studieordning for Filosofi og Videnskabsteori - ACE Denmark

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Kripke’s Naming and Necessity<br />

V/ Erich Rast<br />

Kripke’s Naming and Necessity, which is based on three lectures Kripke held at<br />

Princeton University in 1970, has become one of the most influential and<br />

controversial texts in analytic philosophy of the second half of 20th Century. In these<br />

talks, Kripke introduces the notion of rigid designators, i.e. terms that denote the<br />

same object in all possible worlds if it exists in the respective world, argues<br />

pervasively against Fregean theories of reference and in favor of what has later<br />

become known as The New Theory of Reference, and discusses natural kind terms.<br />

The text does not only concern the philosophy of language, but also addresses a rich<br />

variety of epistemol<strong>og</strong>ical and metaphysical topics ranging from the nature of<br />

modality to the the Mind–Body problem. Practically all of Kripke’s original<br />

arguments and theses are subject to ongoing debate in various branches of philosophy.<br />

We will read and discuss the second revised version of Naming and Necessity from<br />

1980 and additional texts that I will make available be<strong>for</strong>e the course starts. Skills in<br />

normal modal l<strong>og</strong>ic are advantageous, but not required. Working language is English<br />

and papers can be delivered in English or Danish.<br />

Literature<br />

Kripke, Saul: Naming and Necessity. Blackwell. Ox<strong>for</strong>d 1980. (Second revised<br />

edition: any version starting from but not earlier than 1980 will do; purchase is highly<br />

recommended)<br />

Course Overview<br />

1. Reading: Lecture I of Naming and Necessity<br />

2. Reading: Lecture II of Naming and Necessity<br />

3. Reading: Lecture III of Naming and Necessity<br />

4-6. Readings: Assorted articles that will be made in time available t<strong>og</strong>ether with an<br />

extensive bibli<strong>og</strong>raphy.<br />

Introduktion til latin som filosofisk grundspr<strong>og</strong>.<br />

V/Aksel Haaning<br />

Kontinuitetskursus i alt 3 x 6 kursusgange over tre semestre.<br />

Baggrund:<br />

Fra omkring vor tidsregning <strong>og</strong> frem til ca. år 1700 er vestens filosofiske spr<strong>og</strong> latin.<br />

Næsten alle filosofiske skrifter er tænkt <strong>og</strong> skrevet på dette spr<strong>og</strong> – <strong>og</strong> samtidig var<br />

latin internationalt korrespondancespr<strong>og</strong> mellem alle lærde i Europa. Fra Ciceros <strong>og</strong><br />

Boethius’ oversættelser i antikken, gennem middelalderens skolastik <strong>og</strong> renæssancens<br />

filosofi <strong>og</strong> humanisme <strong>og</strong> frem i nyere tid hos f.eks. Descartes, er de filosofiske tanker<br />

udtrykt på latin. Først med den engelske <strong>og</strong> skotske oplysning <strong>og</strong> med Kants senere<br />

<strong>for</strong>fatterskab introduceres <strong>og</strong> udvikles folkespr<strong>og</strong> som engelsk <strong>og</strong> tysk <strong>for</strong> alvor som<br />

filosofisk grundspr<strong>og</strong>. Blandt filosoffer <strong>og</strong> videnskabsmænd, historikere <strong>og</strong> digtere, er<br />

der der<strong>for</strong> tale om en levende udvikling af spr<strong>og</strong>et, af ord <strong>og</strong> begreber, gennem mange<br />

århundreder. Det betyder, at grundbegreber, idégrundlag, tænkemåder m.m. udvikles

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