Quintessence : Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine

Willard van Orman Quine

ISBN 10: 0674027558 / ISBN 13: 9780674027558

Editore: Harvard University Press Apr 2008, 2008

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Neuware - 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.

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• Titolo: Quintessence : Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine
• Editore: Harvard University Press Apr 2008
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0674027558
• ISBN 13: 9780674027558
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 225 L x 152 A x 28 P (millimetri) 225 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 28 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 562 grammi

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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.

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Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine