Title: The new theory of reference
Description: This collection of essays is the definitive version of a widely discussed debate over the origins of the New Theory of Reference. In new articles written especially for this volume, Quentin Smith and Scott Soames, the original participants in the debate, elaborate their positions on who was responsible for the ideas that Saul Kripke presented in his Naming and Necessity.
Subjects: Reference (Philosophy), History, Philosophy of reference, Contributions in philosophy of reference
People: Saul A. Kripke (1940-), Ruth Barcan Marcus
Time periods: 20th century