Phi 346-02 Sp13
 
Reading guide for Wed. 3/20: Kripke, Naming and Necessity, pp. 53-60
 
 

For the last of his introductory discussions, Kripke returns to the distinction between giving meaning and fixing reference (see pp. 32-33 for his first discussion of these ideas).

Kripke first offers an illustration of the distinction that also provides an example of a contingent truth known a priori (pp. 53-57).

He then extends these ideas to the case of proper names (pp. 57-58).

And he uses this distinction to indicate two ways of understanding the Frege-Russell theory of proper names (pp. 58-59).