Saul Kripke
Saul Kripke · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher and logician known for the causal theory of reference and modal logic.
1940, Bay Shore, New York, United States — 2022, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States
United States
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Kripke was a philosopher and logician whose Naming and Necessity advanced the causal theory of reference, and who developed formal semantics for modal logic (Kripke semantics) as a teenager. His father was a rabbi and leader of an Omaha congregation, and Kripke was Jewish. He is regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century.
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Philosopher and logician known for the causal theory of reference and modal logic.
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