Saul Kripke

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human logician philosopher university teacher writer

Saul Kripke was an American philosopher and logician renowned for his groundbreaking work in modal logic, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics, particularly his theories of naming and necessity.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → logician → philosopher → university teacher → writer →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts →
awardReceived	Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy → Schock Prize (1993) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1940-11-13 →
dateOfDeath	2022-09-15 →
educatedAt	Harvard University →
employer	City University of New York → Princeton University → Princeton University Press (as author) → Rockefeller University →
familyName	Kripke →
fieldOfWork	logic → metaphysics → modal logic → philosophy → philosophy of language → philosophy of mind →
givenName	Saul →
influenced	David Kaplan → Hilary Putnam → Kit Fine → Timothy Williamson →
influencedBy	Gottlob Frege → Ludwig Wittgenstein → Saul A. Kripke’s parents (rabbinic background) →
knownFor	Kripke semantics → causal theory of reference → contingent a priori truths → interpretation of Wittgenstein → necessary a posteriori truths → rigid designators →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → British Academy →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic → A Semantical Analysis of Modal Logic I → A Semantical Analysis of Modal Logic II → Identity and Necessity → Naming and Necessity → Outline of a Theory of Truth → Semantical Considerations on Modal Logic → Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language →
placeOfBirth	Bay Shore, New York →
placeOfDeath	Plainsboro, New Jersey →
positionHeld	Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at CUNY Graduate Center → Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kurt Gödel → Ludwig Wittgenstein → Willard Van Orman Quine →	influenced
David Lewis → Stephen Yablo →	influencedBy
Stephen Yablo →	academicAdvisor
analytic philosophy →	associatedWith
linguistic turn →	associatedWithPhilosopher
Kripke fixed-point theory of truth →	developedBy
Norman Malcolm →	notableStudent
liar paradox →	studiedBy
Hesperus →	usedAsExampleBy