A Companion to W. V. O. Quine / / edited by Gilbert Harman, Ernest Lepore ; contributor Lars Bergström [and twenty-one others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140194803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-60785-6; 1-118-60799-6; 1-118-60802-X; 1-118-60795-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (597 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
• Altri autori (Persone): HarmanGilbert; LeporeErnest; BergströmLars
• Disciplina: 146.44
• Soggetti: Empiricism; Knowledge, Theory of; Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Blackwell Companions to Philosophy; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Life and Work; 1. Naturalism; 2. Extensionalism; 3. Empiricism; 4. Naturalized Epistemology; 5. Analyticity; 6. Holism; 7. Underdetermination; 8. Radical Translation; 9. Indeterminacy and Inscrutability; 10. Quine's Influence on the Study of the Logical Form of Ordinary Language; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Part I: Method; 1: Quine and Epistemology; 1. Empiricism, not "Empiricism"; 2. Overcoming Traditional Distinctions; 3. Naturalized Epistemology; 4. The Rejection of "First Philosophy"References; 2: Quine and the A Priori; 1. Empiricism Before Quine; 2. Quine on Analyticity; 3. Relative Analyticity; 4. Epistemic and Pragmatic Analyticity; 5. Quinean Analyticity Again; 6. Justification; 7. A Pseudo-Problem?; 8. Coherentism; 9. Conservatism; 10. Is Coherentism Justified?; 11. A Priori Justification; References; 3: Quine and Pragmatism; 1. ; Introduction; 2. Influences; 3. Belief and Action; Acknowledgment; References; 4: Quine's Relationship with Analytic Philosophy; 1. Formative Years; 2. "What is Meaning?"; 3. Extensionalism and the Vocabulary of Science4. Real Compared to What?7; (1) Ontology; (2) Realism; 5. Conclusion; References; 5: Quine on Paraphrase and Regimentation; 1. Introduction; 2. Regimentation and Synonymy; 3. Regimentation à la Quine; 3.1 The Language of Regimentation; 3.2 Some Examples; 3.3 Goals and Methodology; 3.4 Holism; 4. Indeterminacy of Reference and of Translation; 4.1 Indeterminacy of Reference; 4.2 Ontological Relativity: Indeterminacy under Another Name; 4.3 Indeterminacy of Translation; 5. Questions About Regimentation; 5.1 Alston's Worry; 5.2 Why Regiment?; 6. ConclusionReferences; 6: Quine's Naturalism; 1. Methodological versus Ontological Naturalism; 2. Naturalized Epistemology; 3. Naturalism and Scientism; 4. Demarcation Disputes; 5. Naturalism and Disciplinary Autonomy; 6. Naturalism and Reductionism; 7. Observationality; 8. Synonymy and Verification; 9. Anti-Reductionist Naturalism; 10. Conclusion; References; 7: Quine's Naturalism Revisited; Acknowledgments; References; Part II: Language; 8: Inscrutability Scrutinized; 1. Terminology; 2. Inscrutability of Reference; 3. Indeterminacy of Meaning; 4. The Relation of Inscrutability to IndeterminacyReferences; 9: Quine on the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction; 1. Making Sense of "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"; The Circularity Argument; Kinds of Meaning; The Argument from Confirmation Holism; A Second Picture; A Third Picture; 2. Arguments Against Truth in Virtue of Meaning; Definitions Don't Ground Truth; Conventionalism and the Sentence/Proposition Distinction; 3. Conclusion; References; 10: Quine, Analyticity, and Transcendence; 1. Introduction; 2. Verificationism: Radical and Subtle; 3. Transcendent Semantics5; 4. Clarifications and Qualifications
• Sommario/riassunto: This Companion brings together a team of leading figures in contemporary philosophy to provide an in-depth exposition and analysis of Quine's extensive influence across philosophy's many subfields, highlighting the breadth of his work, and revealing his continued significance today. Provides an in-depth account and analysis of W.V.O. Quine's contribution to American Philosophy, and his position as one of the late twentieth-century's most influential analytic philosophersBrings together newly-commissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophyCo