"Naming and Necessity" is a philosophical work by Saul Kripke that explores the relationship between names, meaning, and reference. Kripke argues against the traditional view that names are merely shorthand for descriptions, proposing instead that names have a direct connection to the objects they refer to, independent of any descriptive properties. The book also introduces the concept of rigid designators, which are terms that refer to the same object in all possible worlds. This idea challenges the notion that meaning is tied solely to descriptions, emphasizing that names can have a fixed reference that remains constant across different contexts.