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| Author | : Gary Kemp |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2006-05-24 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1441173633 |
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 and Object, Quine's seminal text, and to his important theories on the nature of truth, knowledge and reality. This text presents an account of Quine's philosophy as a unified whole, identifying and exploring the themes and approaches common to his seemingly disparate concerns, and showing this to be the key to understanding fully the work of this major modern thinker.
| Author | : Gary Kemp |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2006-06-23 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780826484864 |
Willard Van Orman Quine is one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century. This work offers an analysis of his writings and ideas in those areas of philosophy to which he contributed. It sets his work in its intellectual context, illuminating his connections to Russell, Carnap and logical positivism.
| Author | : E. F. Schumacher |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 1978-05-31 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0060906111 |
The author of the world wide best-seller, Small Is Beautiful, now tackles the subject of Man, the World, and the Meaning of Living. Schumacher writes about man's relation to the world. man has obligations -- to other men, to the earth, to progress and technology, but most importantly himself. If man can fulfill these obligations, then and only then can he enjoy a real relationship with the world, then and only then can he know the meaning of living. Schumacher says we need maps: a "map of knowledge" and a "map of living." The concern of the mapmaker--in this instance, Schumacher--is to find for everything it's proper place. Things out of place tend to get lost; they become invisible and there proper places end to be filled by other things that ought not be there at all and therefore serve to mislead. A Guide for the Perplexed teaches us to be our own map makers. This constantly surprising, always stimulating book will be welcomed by a large audience, including the many new fans who believe strongly in what Schumacher has to say.
| Author | : Robert B. Talisse |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 199 |
| Release | : 2008-12-09 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0826498582 |
A student's guide to the historical context, key thinkers and central themes of pragmatism, a concept central to American philosophy.
| Author | : Frederique Janssen-Lauret |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2020-10-22 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0192609874 |
W.V. Quine, a champion of philosophical naturalism and pioneer of mathematical logic, was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Contemporary thought in ontology, epistemology, and the philosophy of logic and language owes much to his influence, yet recent work in these areas has become increasingly dismissive of his views. This is often because of mistaken or overly simplified conceptions of his philosophy which overlook the development of his views over time, in particular the growing importance of a kind of structuralism to his system as it evolved. This volume provides a fuller, richer picture of Quine's views and their development. With contributions from leading philosophers in a range of subfields including philosophical logic, philosophy of language, history of philosophy, mathematics, philosophy of time, and set theory, it is the first to investigate Quine's views on structure and how it permeates and shapes his attitude to a range of philosophical questions.
| Author | : Gilbert Harman |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 600 |
| Release | : 2014-01-28 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0470672102 |
This Companion brings together a team of leading figures in contemporary philosophy to provide an in-depth exposition and analysis of Quine’s extensive influence across philosophy’s many subfields, highlighting the breadth of his work, and revealing his continued significance today. Provides an in-depth account and analysis of W.V.O. Quine’s contribution to American Philosophy, and his position as one of the late twentieth-century’s most influential analytic philosophers Brings together newly-commissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophy Covers Quine’s work across philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, ontology and metaphysics, epistemology, and more Explores his work in relation to the origins of analytic philosophy in America, and to the history of philosophy more broadly Highlights the breadth of Quine’s work across the discipline, and demonstrates the continuing influence of his work within the philosophical community
| Author | : Gary Kemp |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2012-02-16 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0199695628 |
Gary Kemp presents a penetrating investigation of key issues in the philosophy of language, by means of a comparative study of two great figures of late 20th century philosophy. He reveals unexplored tensions between the views of Quine and Davidson, and presents a powerful argument in favour of Quine and methodological naturalism.
| Author | : Robert Sinclair |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2019-02-05 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 3030049094 |
In this book, W. V. Quine’s Immanuel Kant Lectures entitled Science and Sensibilia are published for the first time in English. These lectures represent an important stage in the development of Quine’s later thought, where he is more explicit about the importance of physicalist constraints in his account of the steps from sensory stimulation to scientific theory, and in further using them to assess the extent to which mental vocabulary is defensible. Taken as a unit, these lectures fill an important gap in our understanding of his philosophical development from his 1973 work The Roots of Reference to his later work. The volume further contains an introduction that outlines the content and philosophical significance of the lectures. In addition, several essays written by leading scholars of Quine’s philosophy provide further insight into the important issues raised in the lectures.
| Author | : Michael Shepanski |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2023-06-29 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 135030428X |
In this illuminating guide to the criteria of rational theorizing, Michael Shepanski identifies, defends and applies W. V. Quine's epistemic norms the norms that best explain Quine's decisions to accept some theories and not others. Parts I and II set out the doctrines of this epistemology, demonstrating their potential for philosophical application. Part III is a case study in which Shepanski develops a theory of the propositional attitudes by the method of formalizing inferences to behaviour. He presents critiques of popular alternative views, including foundationalism, the centrality of knowledge and Quine's own epistemological naturalism. By reassessing Quine's normative epistemology, Shepanski advances our understanding of Quine's philosophy whilst providing a guide for our own theorizing.
| Author | : Christopher Belshaw |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2009-03-09 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1444305697 |
Featuring essays from leading philosophical scholars, 12 Modern Philosophers explores the works, origins, and influences of twelve of the most important late 20th Century philosophers working in the analytic tradition. Draws on essays from well-known scholars, including Thomas Baldwin, Catherine Wilson, Adrian Moore and Lori Gruen Locates the authors and their oeuvre within the context of the discipline as a whole Considers how contemporary philosophy both draws from, and contributes to, the broader intellectual and cultural milieu
