- Identity, Identity (Philosophical concept), Necessity (Philosophy), Reference (Philosophy)
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Cool, earnest, spare and grave.
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Saul A. Kripke
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 172
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Harvard University Press, [, Basil Blackwell, Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780674598454
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