Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy
Symposium
Friday 30 May 2008
Berne, Switzerland
3rd International Lauener Symposium on Analytical Philosophy
In Honour of Professor Ruth Barcan Marcus
Prof. Dr. Dagfinn Føllesdal
((Stanford University))
Ruth Marcus, Modal Logic and Rigid Reference
In this talk I will survey Ruth Marcus’ many contributions to modal logic and its interpretation, starting with her pioneer work on quantified modal logic and ending with the controversies concerning the origin of the idea of rigid reference and other basic ideas in the so-called “New theory of reference.” I will look carefully at her contributions and pay close attention to who gave credit to whom.
