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PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674027558
ISBN-139780674027558
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Book TitleQuintessence : Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, History & Surveys / Modern, Metaphysics, Logic
Publication Year2008
GenrePhilosophy
AuthorWillard Van Orman Quine
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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LCCN2003-067682
ReviewsSpecialists...will be grateful for this well-modulated selection of Quine's most important essays and articles, which reflect his thinking up to the end of his life., This new collection of published essays by Willard van Orman Quine (1908-2000) is presented by its editor, Roger F. Gibson (following a suggestion of Nelson Goodman's) as a "meta-anthology" or "anthology of anthologies," that is to say, an anthology of previously anthologized material. It contains twenty-five original essays by Quine that were published, in various venues, over a span of over sixty years in Quine's career...Quine's sharpness and lucidity, the depth of his confrontation with the empiricist tradition, as well as the strength of his alternative (physicalist and extensionalist) form of empiricism, come across very clearly...A heart-warming feature of this collection (one which is likely to help the beginner) is the coupling of some of the classical essays of Quine with all their polemical sharpness, to retrospective essays in which a much older (and kinder) Quine reflects on his past accomplishments, sometimes modifying the sharp edges of his polemical arguments, sometimes taking back excessive formulations, and often acknowledging the strength of his one-time opponents' views or offering words of self-criticism...Although this collections contains materials that are already well anthologized and collected, its distinctiveness and value lies in its bringing together two distinct voices of Quine's. In so doing it enriches our perspective on one of the most impressive philosophical oeuvres of the twentieth century.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal191
Table Of ContentPart I. Analyticity and Reductionism 1. Truth by Convention 2. Two Dogmas of Empiricism 3. Two Dogmas in Retrospect 4. Carnap and Logical Truth Part II. Indeterminacy and Inscrutability 5. Speaking of Objects 6. Reference 7. Translation and Meaning 8. Progress on Two Fronts Part III. Ontology 9. On What There Is 10. The Scope and Language of Science 11. On Simple Theories of a Complex World 12. Ontic Decision 13. Things and Their Place in Theories 14. On Carnap's Views on Ontology Part IV. Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind 15. Epistemology Naturalized 16. Naturalism; or, Living within One's Means 17. The Nature of Natural Knowledge 18. Five Milestones of Empiricism 19. On Mental Entities 20. Mind and Verbal Dispositions Part V. Extensionalism 21. Confessions of a Confirmed Extensionalist 22. Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes 23. Intensions Revisited 24. Reference and Modality 25. Three Grades of Modal Involvement Credits Index
SynopsisThrough the first half of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy was dominated by Russell, Wittgenstein, and Carnap. Influenced by Russell and especially by Carnap, another towering figure, Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) emerged as the most important proponent of analytic philosophy during the second half of the century. Yet with twenty-three books and countless articles to his credit--including, most famously, Word and Object and "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"--Quine remained a philosopher's philosopher, largely unknown to the general public. Quintessence for the first time collects Quine's classic essays (such as "Two Dogmas" and "On What There Is") in one volume--and thus offers readers a much-needed introduction to his general philosophy. Divided into six parts, the thirty-five selections take up analyticity and reductionism; the indeterminacy of translation of theoretical sentences and the inscrutability of reference; ontology; naturalized epistemology; philosophy of mind; and extensionalism. Representative of Quine at his best, these readings are fundamental not only to an appreciation of the philosopher and his work, but also to an understanding of the philosophical tradition that he so materially advanced., Quintessence collects Quine's classic essays in one volume, offering a much-needed introduction to his general philosophy. The selections take up analyticity and reductionism; the indeterminacy of translation of theoretical sentences and the inscrutability of reference; ontology; naturalized epistemology; philosophy of mind; and extensionalism., Through the first half of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy was dominated by Russell, Wittgenstein, and Carnap. Influenced by Russell and especially by Carnap, another towering figure, Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) emerged as the most important proponent of analytic philosophy during the second half of the century. Yet with twenty-three books and countless articles to his credit-including, most famously, Word and Object and "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"-Quine remained a philosopher's philosopher, largely unknown to the general public. Quintessence for the first time collects Quine's classic essays (such as "Two Dogmas" and "On What There Is") in one volume-and thus offers readers a much-needed introduction to his general philosophy. Divided into six parts, the thirty-five selections take up analyticity and reductionism; the indeterminacy of translation of theoretical sentences and the inscrutability of reference; ontology; naturalized epistemology; philosophy of mind; and extensionalism. Representative of Quine at his best, these readings are fundamental not only to an appreciation of the philosopher and his work, but also to an understanding of the philosophical tradition that he so materially advanced.
LC Classification NumberB945.Q51G53 2004
