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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824472103321

Autore

Kemp Gary <1960 Oct. 15->

Titolo

Quine : a guide for the perplexed / / Gary Kemp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY, : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2006

ISBN

1-282-45242-8

9786612452420

1-4411-7363-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

The guides for the perplexed series

Disciplina

191

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 (p. 174-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Philosophy as Quine found it; 2 Convention, analyticity and holism; 3 The indeterminacy of translation; 4 Naturalized epistemology and the roots of reference; 5 Truth, ontology and the language of science; 6 Extenionality and abstract ontology; 7 Science, philosophy and common sense; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Willard Van Orman Quine is one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century. No serious student of modern analytic philosophy can afford to ignore Quine's work.  Yet there is no doubt that it presents a considerable challenge. The book offers clear explication and analysis of Quine's writings and ideas in all those areas of philosophy to which he contributed (except technical matters in logic). Quine's work is set in its intellectual context, illuminating his connections to Russell, Carnap and logical positivism.  Detailed attention is paid to Word