Lacan with Kripke: the real taken into consideration in the proper name read as a rigid designator. This study compares data from the theory of the Proper Name conceived as a rigid designator formulated by the logician Saul Kripke and Jacques Lacan's theory on Proper Name as a pure signifier, a signifier whose utterance, matching its enunciation, has no meaning or sense. The study aims to highlight points of convergence and divergence between the real in the Lacanian theory of Proper Name and the essence postulated by Kripke in the Proper Name reference. By mentioning, even though in a succinct way, the Lacanian theorizing about the letter and the nomination through the sinthome, possible clinical implications of this dialogue are suggested.
Proper name; rigid designator; pure signifier