The textbook - like history of analytic philosophy is a history of myths, r e- ceived
views and dogmas. Though mainly the last few years have witnessed a huge amo unt
of historical work that aimed to reconsider our narratives of the history of an a-
lytic philosophy there is still a lot to do. The present study is meant to present
such a micro story which is still quite untouched by historians. According to the
receiv ed view Kripke has defeated all the arguments of Quine against quantified
modal logic and thus it became a respectful tool for philosophers. If we accept the
historical interpret ation of the network between Quine, Kripke and modal logic, which
is to be pre sented here, we have to conclude that Quine’s real philosophical animadversions
against the modalities are still on the table: though Kripke has provided some important
(formal - logical) answers, Quine’s animadversions are still viable and worthy of
further consider ation.
