Sir Michael Dummett, one of the most cherished British living philosophers, died at age 86 on December 27th. Dummett was most famous for his work in logic and philosophy of language. Several philosophically-minded obituaries have already been written. Here are - in no particular order - my favorite three, appeared in the Telegraph, the Opinionator at the New York Times online, the Guardian.
The second, exciting new is that CUNY distinguished professor Saul Kripke is out with a new book, Philosophical Troubles. Collected Papers, Volume 1. Regarded as one of the most influential contemporary American philosophers, before this new work Kripke had published only a dozen lengthy papers and two books, one of which - Naming and Necessity - collected a series of lectures he gave in Princeton in the early Seventies. Indeed, most of Kripke's manuscripts have so far never seen a press. Philosophical Troubles is the first volume of a series of collected papers, which includes both published and unpublished materials. With the support of the Saul Kripke Center, more volumes are scheduled for the coming years.
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