PHL274H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Saul Kripke, A Priori And A Posteriori, Behaviorism
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Saul kripke rigid designators and identity. David armstron combining cs identity and phil. Jorry fodoi -lays out what functionalism is about. Even if it is learnt a posteriori , it can be true. Kripke thinks advantages of theory its application one is what we learn when we make advances in science it is what is the case of the world. Water has to be composed of pairs of h20. Before 1700, then spoke of water, after they spoke of. All of these things learnt are necessary truth. Not every identification is a necessary truth. Some identifications are contingent they could have been otherwise. They could not have been otherwise these are rigid designators . Central state identity theory claims that one thing is the same as the other thing. In kripke"s theory they claim that certain mental state or processes are identical to physical state of processes. A process in which the pain actually plays a critical role.
