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A philosopher at my alma mater wrote a controversial paper accusing Kripke of plagiarism. I'm not competent to weigh in on that question, but I thought this art

A philosopher at my alma mater wrote a controversial paper accusing Kripke of plagiarism. I'm not competent to weigh in on that question, but I thought this article was interesting: http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/Archive/whose.html http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/Archive/whose.html

baremetal 4y ago
The man has just passed away and you drop a hit piece on him. edit: my mistake
- jhickok 4y ago
  The linked article is not a hit piece on Kripke.
  - odderik 4y ago
    Not at all, and it was well worth the read - even for a non-philosopher.
justin66 4y ago
The real crime here is Jim Holt’s writing style.
- klysm 4y ago
  Yeah pretty incomprehensible. Reads like he enjoys the complexity of his sentence without care for the reader
- goldenkey 4y ago
  You say that but I usually don't read something as long as this on a whim. It's clearly not for everyone but I enjoyed Jim Holt's writing.
xwowsersx 4y ago
Fascinating read even though I did not understand all of it.
goldenkey 4y ago
Jim Holt's writing was gripping, read the whole affair. But now I'm left thinking that all this analysis of names is silly, and they are heavily overloaded and turing complete. Why even try to box them as something related to possible universes?
raincom 4y ago
Thanks for sharing. This piece helps me better understand the New theory of Reference, in the historical context. Here is the book where Soames, Smith engage with each other: https://www.amazon.com/New-Theory-Reference-Origins-Synthese/dp/0792348982 https://www.amazon.com/New-Theory-Reference-Origins-Synthese...
archon1410 4y ago
>piped up one person of gender present, causing a hush to fall briefly over the gathering. hah, person of gender.