LEADER 03544nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910958405303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674042476 010 $a0674042476 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674042476 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787186 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300494 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318488 035 $a(OCoLC)923112037 035 $a(DE-B1597)574391 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674042476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300494 035 $a(Perlego)1147503 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787186 100 $a19950317e19981995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrom stimulus to science /$fW.V. Quine 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d1998, c1995 215 $avi, 114 p 311 08$a9780674326354 311 08$a0674326350 311 08$a9780674326361 311 08$a0674326369 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [107]-110) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPREFACE -- $tCONTENTS -- $tI. DAYS OF YORE -- $tII. NATURALISM -- $tIII. REIFICATION -- $tIV. CHECKPOINTS AND EMPIRICAL CONTENT -- $tV. LOGIC AND MATHEMATICS -- $tVI. DENOTATION AND TRUTH -- $tVII. SEMANTIC AGREEMENT -- $tVIII. THINGS OF THE MIND -- $tAPPENDIX: PREDICATE FUNCTORS -- $tREFERENCES -- $tINDEX 330 8 $aW. V. Quine is one of the most eminent philosophers alive today. Now in his mid-eighties he has produced a sharp, sprightly book that encapsulates the whole of his philosophical enterprise, including his thinking on all the key components of his epistemological stance--especially the value of logic and mathematics. New readers of Quine may have to go slowly, fathoming for themselves the richness that past readers already know lies between these elegant lines. For the faithful there is much to ponder.In this short book, based on lectures delivered in Spain in 1990, Quine begins by locating his work historically. He provides a lightning tour of the history of philosophy (particularly the history of epistemology), beginning with Plato and culminating in an appreciative sketch of Carnap's philosophical ambitions and achievements. This leads, in the second chapter, to an introduction to Quine's attempt to naturalize epistemology, which emphasizes his continuities with Carnap rather than the differences between them. The next chapters develop the naturalistic story of the development of science to take account of how our conceptual apparatus is enhanced so that we can view the world as containing re-identifiable objects. Having explained the role of observation sentences in providing a checkpoint for assessing scientific theories, and having despaired of constructing an empirical criterion to determine which sentences are meaningful, Quine in the remaining chapters takes up a variety of important issues about knowledge. He concludes with an extended treatment of his views about reference and meaning and his attitudes toward psychological and modal notions.The presentation is distinctive, and the many small refinements of detail and formulation will fascinate all who know Quine's philosophy. 606 $aPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a191 700 $aQuine$b W. V$g(Willard Van Orman)$058505 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958405303321 996 $aFrom stimulus to science$920642 997 $aUNINA