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Naming and Necessity Revisited - Professor Saul Kripke
In this talk Professor Saul Kripke presupposed knowledge of Naming and Necessity and revisited some of its more controversial points. He also addressed some misinterpretations and discussed statements and characterisations he made that needed modification, correction, or further elaboration.
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Coal Country
Ewan Gibbs
Coal Country presents the first book-length account of deindustrialization in the Scottish coalfields. It draws on archival research using records from UK government, the nationalized coal industry and trade unions, as well as the words and memories of former miners, their wives and children that were collected in an extensive oral history project.