Re:Saul Kripke has died
by daviddaviddavid on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:09PM
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I would add HP Grice to the list of startlingly clear ordinary language philosophers. His 1957 essay "Meaning" has this definition:
"A means something by x" is equivalent to "A intended the utterance of x to produce some effect in an audience by means of the recognition of this intention".
It may seem less than clear taken out of context, but there is a wonderful argument working toward the definition and once he finally presents it, it's a bit of a mic drop moment.
Also, he is one of the few philosophers whose work proved to be foundational in linguistics. Any book/course in pragmatics will talk about Grice's work on implicature and background knowledge.
Re:Saul Kripke has died
by lukeasrodgers on Saturday September 17, 2022 @09:59AM
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Readers may enjoy the portmanteau that came from Kripke's interpretation of Wittgenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittgenstein_on_Rules_and_Priv...
The bit about RG Collingwood sounds very interesting. Could you provide some examples?
Re:Saul Kripke has died
by beezlebroxxxxxx on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:31PM
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His book The Principles of Art from 1938 is probably the best example. He offers a definition of art arrived at through ordinary language philosophy, and, along the way, also develops a theory of imagination, language, and anti-copyright.
Thanks!
Re:Saul Kripke has died
by As_You_Wish on Sunday September 18, 2022 @01:20AM
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>eschewing jargon
This is humorous
As an aside, it is very interesting how many writers on Wittgenstein, and working in what we might broadly call Ordinary Language philosophy, achieve such a startling clarity. An early example (even before Wittgenstein) is also RG Collingwood. His writing is straightforward and clear as day, eschewing jargon for the language we use day to day, for that was ultimately their focus. They wanted to dissolve philosophical problems.