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Naming and Necessity Revisited - Professor Saul Kripke
In this talk Professor Saul Kripke presupposed knowledge of Naming and Necessity and took the opportunity to revisit some of its more controversial points. Professor Kripke addressed some misinterpretations as well as discussed some statements and characterizations he made that needed modification, correction, or further elaboration.
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Creative Spaces: Urban Culture and Marginality in Latin America
Niall Geraghty and Adriana Laura Massidda
Creative Spaces is an inter-disciplinary exploration of the different ways in which marginal urban spaces have become privileged locations for creativity in Latin America. The essays within the collection reassess dominant theoretical notions of ‘marginality’ in the region and argue that, in contemporary society, it invariably allows for (if not leads to) the production of the new.