Knowledge, Language and Logic: Questions for Quine

Quine is one of the twentieth century's most important and influential philosophers. The essays in this collection are by some of the leading figures in their fields and they touch on the most recent turnings in Quine's work. The book also features an essay by Quine himself, and his replie...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Orenstein, A. (Editor), Kotatko, P. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Epistemology and Naturalism
  • I, You and It: an Epistemological Triangle
  • Quine and Davidson on Perceptual Knowledge
  • Quine and Observation
  • Naturalistic Assumptions
  • Justification, Coherence and Quine
  • Quine, Empiricism and Truth
  • Quine, Wittgenstein and Holism
  • Quining The Apriori
  • The Epistemology of Decision-Making “Naturalised”
  • Language and Indeterminacy of Meaning
  • Four Arguments for the Indeterminacy of Translation
  • Naturalizing Radical Translation
  • On the Existence of Meanings
  • Publicness and Indeterminacy
  • Individual and Social in Quine’s Philosophy of Language
  • Logic and Problems of Reference
  • Plato’s Beard, Quine’s Stubble and Ockham’s Razor
  • Indeterminacy of Identity of Objects: An Exercise in Metaphysical Aesthetics
  • Indefinite Objects of Higher Order
  • On a Milestone of Empiricism
  • De Re Modality: Lessons from Quine
  • Opacity and the Attitudes
  • Quine’s Responses
  • Index of Names