# Saul Kripke

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Saul Aaron Kripke (b.1940)

In the quiet realms of thought, Saul Kripkes profound ideas on language and truth shift like the gentle currents of a deep, serene ocean. We drift towards understanding through the waters of Naming and Necessity, where names become more than mere labels, transforming into enduring bridges to the es…

Jonathan Lear, Local Exemplar

My guest on the show today is Jonny Thakkar. Jonny is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Swarthmore College and one of the founding editors of The Point. He’s the author of various articles, most recently “Beyond Equality” in the newest issue of the Point, and the 2018 book Plato as Cri…

The Man of Many Worlds III

In 1968, David Lewis decides that one truth can unify every theory he's had about the nature of the universe. It is the truth that every possible world is equally real. Lewis not only argues for this view, but devises a distinctive way of arguing for it, a method of doing philosophy that is as infl…

74. Alex Malpass | Time, Eternity

What do Grim Reaper paradoxes actually show about infinity in time and causation, and why might the best response be that the scenario is simply unsatisfiable? My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy. 1. Guest Alex Malpass's work focuses on philosophical logic, philosophy of time, philosophy…

56. Ernest Lepore | Language

Why do slurs offend even when you’re not using them to insult anyone, and what does that reveal about how meaning, context, and social norms actually work in language? My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy. 1. Guest Ernest Lepore is a philosopher and cognitive scientist and a professor of …

The "non-aggression principle" & anarchy; Israel; Kant; theism & justification; & more! (4 calls)

The Dan Norton Show, 27 April 2026, Livestream #96 0:00 Intro Cough drop Many new subscribers 7:54 What good can you say about theism? @ObjectiveEthics ' Super Chat The meanings of "objective" What's the difference between Objectivism and "anarcho-capitalism"? Is truth always good? Distorti…

Episode 10 - "Why don't people just say what they mean the first time?"

This week, Steve and Christabel take irony, malapropisms and poetry to task in their quest to find the meaning of meaning. To begin, they survey a couple of naïve theories; the reference theory, and John Locke’s idea theory of meaning. Steve takes this opportunity to remind us of the first rules of…

Episode 126: Saul Kripke on Possibilities, Language & Science

On Naming and Necessity (1980). What's the relationship between language and the world? Specifically, what makes a name or a class term pick out the person or things that it does? Saul Kripke wanted to correct the dominant view of his time (which involved a description in the speaker's mind), and u…

Philosophy Draws a Crowd

In this episode of The Thought Project, host Tanya Domi speaks with Eno Agolli, assistant director of the Saul Kripke Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, about bringing philosophy out of the ivory tower and into public conversation. Agolli is helping expand the reach of the Saul Kripke Center, na…

Episode 16 - "Is Lego Batman real Batman?" with MJ Hibbett

Is Lego Batman the real Batman?   This week, Steve and Christabel enlist the help of writer, podcaster, musician and fabulously knowledgeable comic book nerd Dr MJ Hibbett to answer ‘Is Lego Batman the real Batman?’. Our hosts draw on Mark’s doctoral research into how to track characters whose narr…