Episode 126: Saul Kripke on Possibilities, Language & Science (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 126: Saul Kripke on Possibilities, Language & Science (Part Two)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 01:16:26
• Published: 2015-11-09 13:00

Continuing on Naming and Necessity (1980). What's the relationship between language and the world? We try on Kripke's ideas and see what this makes us think about natural kind terms (like "tiger"), about physical objects, about substances identified by science, about heat vs. the feeling of heat, and about pain. Listen to part one first or get the Citizen Edition. Read more about the topic and get the book. End song: "Reason Enough" by Mark Lint. Read about it.