Saul Aaron Kripke
Saul Aaron Kripke, American philosophy educator, researcher. Grantee National Endowment of the Humanities, 1998, National Science Foundation; named one of New York's Influentials, New York Magazine, 2006. Fellow American Academy Art and Sciences, British Academy; member Association for Symbolic Logic (executive committee 1997-1999).
Background
Kripke, Saul Aaron was born on November 13, 1940 in Bay Shore, New York. Son of Myer Samuel and Dorothy E. Kripke.Education
Career
- Fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1966, lecturer, 1966-1968; from lecturer to assistant professor Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1965-1966, McCath professor philosophy, 1978-1998; associate professor Rockefeller University, New York City, 1968-1972, professor, 1972-1976; Visiting professor The Hebrew University, since 1998. Member editorial board Journal Symbolic Logic, Journal Philosophical Logic, Journal Applied Logics; author: Naning and Necessity, 1980, Wittgenstein on Rules, 1982; contributor articles to professional journals.