Quine on meaning [[electronic resource] /] / Eve Gaudet

• Autore: Gaudet Eve
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
• Disciplina: 121/.68092
• Soggetto topico: Meaning (Philosophy)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Factuality and Physicalism; 3 Fact of the Matter and Truth; 4 The Indeterminacy Thesis; 5 Behaviorism, Neurology and Indeterminacy of Translation; 6 Indeterminacy of Translation and Underdetermination of Theory; 7 Chomsky's Misunderstanding; 8 Rorty's Misunderstanding; 9 Friedman's Misunderstanding; 10 Føllesdal and Gibson Get it Right; 11 Cognitive Science's Denial of the Asymmetry; 12 Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Quine on meaning
• ISBN: 1-281-29506-X; 9786611295066; 1-84714-315-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784985003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum studies in American philosophy.