Anti-kripkean intuitions: conceptualism versus essentialism

The article discusses Saul Kripke’s criticisms of the account reference general names he called “descriptivism” and considerations advanced in favour his own essentialist causal-historical natural kind terms. alternative conceptualism versus essentialism about terms is explained details. case made that most intuitions on which Kripke based arguments are highly controversial, main examples used to explain support views (such as whales fish, water H20, gold, tigers, unicorns) do not constitute a clear for preference over conceptualism. Moreover, these can be modified such ways perspective modifications, construal turns out far-fetched implausible, whereas form (the cluster theory reference) tenable.