The Achilles Of Modern Philosophy

Jerry Fodor has an immensely interesting review of a new biography of Saul Kripke in the London Review of Books (via Crooked Timber). Kripke is the reason that everyone I know who does analytic philosophy actually does analytic philosophy. He's the indirect reason I do philosophy (the direct reason was a great introductory course freshman year).

The Naming and Necessity arguments are every bit as seductive as anything in Plato, and have the advantage of being right. (Or so say I.)