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Author : Pak-Kiu Chow
Release : 1984
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Book Synopsis Quine on Meaning and the Significance of the Indeterminacy Thesis by : Pak-Kiu Chow
Download or read book Quine on Meaning and the Significance of the Indeterminacy Thesis written by Pak-Kiu Chow. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eve Gaudet
Release : 2006-02-15
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Quine on Meaning by : Eve Gaudet
Download or read book Quine on Meaning written by Eve Gaudet. This book was released on 2006-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willard Van Orman Quine was certainly the greatest analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century. Born in 1908, he held the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1956 to 2000. He made highly important contributions to such areas as mathematical logic, set theory, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of logic. His best known works include From a Logical Point of View, Ontological Relativity and Other Essays, and his most influential Word and Object. One of Quine's central doctrines is the 'indeterminacy of translation' - the assertion that there is no objective answer to the question of what someone means by any given sentence. This view was first put forward in Word and Object and was shocking enough to draw criticisms from other leading philosophers like Noam Chomsky and Richard Rorty. Eve Gaudet argues that these controversies stem partly from Quine's ambiguities and changes of mind, and partly from his readers' misunderstandings. Gaudet dissipates the confusion by examining afresh Quine's whole concept of 'a fact of the matter', and evaluating the contributions to the debate by Chomsky, Rorty, Friedman, Gibson and Follesdal in the light of her new interpretation. This is the first book devoted to a defence of Quine's indeterminacy of translation doctrine. Unlike many who conclude in Quine's favour, Gaudet adopts a critical and nuanced approach to Quine's texts, showing that Quine sometimes changed his positions and was not always as clear and consistent as many assume.
Author : Jens Ravnkilde
Release : 1980
Genre : Language and languages
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Book Synopsis Quine's Indeterminacy Thesis and the Foundations of Semantics by : Jens Ravnkilde
Download or read book Quine's Indeterminacy Thesis and the Foundations of Semantics written by Jens Ravnkilde. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Becker
Release : 2012-06-28
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis The Themes of Quine's Philosophy by : Edward Becker
Download or read book The Themes of Quine's Philosophy written by Edward Becker. This book was released on 2012-06-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willard Van Orman Quine's work revolutionized the fields of epistemology, semantics and ontology. At the heart of his philosophy are several interconnected doctrines: his rejection of conventionalism and of the linguistic doctrine of logical and mathematical truth, his rejection of the analytic/synthetic distinction, his thesis of the indeterminacy of translation and his thesis of the inscrutability of reference. In this book Edward Becker sets out to interpret and explain these doctrines. He offers detailed analyses of the relevant texts, discusses Quine's views on meaning, reference and knowledge, and shows how Quine's views developed over the years. He also proposes a new version of the linguistic doctrine of logical truth, and a new way of rehabilitating analyticity. His rich exploration of Quine's thought will interest all those seeking to understand and evaluate the work of one of the most important philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century.
Author : Peter Hylton
Release : 2007-08-07
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Quine by : Peter Hylton
Download or read book Quine written by Peter Hylton. This book was released on 2007-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quine was one of the foremost philosophers of the Twentieth century. In this outstanding overview of Quine's philosophy, Peter Hylton shows why Quine is so important and how his philosophical naturalism has been so influential within analytic philosophy. Beginning with an overview of Quine's philosophical background in logic and mathematics and the role of Rudolf Carnap's influence on Quine's thought, he goes on to discuss Quine's famous analytic-synthetic distinction and his arguments concerning the nature of the a priori. He also discusses Quine's philosophy of language and epistemology, his celebrated theory of the indeterminacy of translation and his broader views of ontology and modality. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Quine, twentieth century philosophy and the philosophy of language.
