Quine, Conceptual Pragmatism, and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction

Quine, Conceptual Pragmatism, and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction
Author: Robert Sinclair
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1793618216

W. V. Quine’s occasional references to his ‘pragmatism’ have often been interpreted as suggesting a possible link to the American Pragmatism of Peirce, James, and Dewey. Quine, Conceptual Pragmatism, and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction argues that the influence of pragmatism on Quine’s philosophy is more accurately traced to his teacher C.I. Lewis and his conceptual pragmatism from Mind and the World Order, and his later An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation. Quine’s epistemological views share many affinities with Lewis’s conceptual pragmatism, where knowledge is conceived as a conceptual framework pragmatically revised in light of what future experience reveals. Robert Sinclair further defends and elaborates on this claim by showing how Lewis’s influence can be seen in several key episodes in Quine’s philosophical development. This not only highlights a forgotten element of the epistemological backdrop to Quine’s mid-century criticism of the analytic-synthetic distinction, but Sinclair further argues that it provides the central epistemological framework for the form and content of Quine’s later naturalized conception of epistemology.

Quine and His Place in History

Quine and His Place in History
Author: Gary Kemp
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2015-11-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1137472510

Containing three previously unpublished papers by W.V. Quine as well as historical, exegetical, and critical papers by several leading Quine scholars including Hylton, Ebbs, and Ben-Menahem, this volume aims to remedy the comparative lack of historical investigation of Quine and his philosophical context.

C.I. Lewis

C.I. Lewis
Author: Quentin Kammer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2021-05-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1351790803

This edited collection explores the philosophy of Clarence Irving Lewis through two major concepts that are integral to his conceptual pragmatism: the a priori and the given. The relation between these two elements of knowledge forms the core of Lewis’s masterpiece Mind and the World Order . While Lewis’s conceptual pragmatism is directed against any conception of the a priori as constraining the mind and experience, it also emphasizes the inalterability and the unavoidability of the given that remains the same through any interpretation of it by the mind. The chapters in this book probe Lewis’s new account of the relation between the a priori and the given in dialogue with other notable figures in twentieth-century philosophy, including Goodman, Putnam, Quine, Russell, Sellars, and Sheffer. C.I. Lewis: The A Priori and the Given represents a focused treatment of a longneglected figure in twentieth-century American philosophy.

A Companion to W. V. O. Quine

A Companion to W. V. O. Quine
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

Quine and His Place in History

Quine and His Place in History
Author: Gary Kemp
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2015-11-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1137472510

Containing three previously unpublished papers by W.V. Quine as well as historical, exegetical, and critical papers by several leading Quine scholars including Hylton, Ebbs, and Ben-Menahem, this volume aims to remedy the comparative lack of historical investigation of Quine and his philosophical context.

Pragmatism in Transition

Pragmatism in Transition
Author: Peter Olen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-10-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3319528637

This collection is an attempt by a diverse range of authors to reignite interest in C.I. Lewis’s work within the pragmatist and analytic traditions. Although pragmatism has enjoyed a renewed popularity in the past thirty years, some influential pragmatists have been overlooked. C. I. Lewis is arguably the most important of overlooked pragmatists and was highly influential within his own time period. The volume assembles a wide range of perspectives on the strengths and weaknesses of Lewis’s contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, semantics, philosophy of science, and ethics.

A Pragmatist Philosophy of History

A Pragmatist Philosophy of History
Author: Marnie Binder
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2022-12-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1793653720

The topic of history was not a principal theme of the classical American Pragmatists, but in this book Marnie Binder presents the case for a pragmatist philosophy of history, examining supporting material from William James, John Dewey, F.C.S. Schiller, C.S. Peirce, George Herbert Mead, and Jane Addams. While the thinkers explored here have significant differences among themselves, together they provide distinct contributions to a fuller picture of what guides our selective memory and our present attention, and they indicate how this is all maintained via confirmation in the future. Philosophy needs history to help clarify meanings and concepts; part of the methodology of pragmatism is derived from history, as it is attested over time. History needs philosophy to critically analyze historical data; pragmatic interests influence how we study and record history. A Pragmatist Philosophy of History, therefore, provides a rich context for a method that brings the two disciplines together.

Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion

Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion
Author: Sami Pihlström
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2023-03-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1666926280

Arguing, humanistically, that we live in a "human world" inescapably colored by meaning, this book shows why the pursuit of meaningfulness is not ethically innocent but must be subjected to critique. Pragmatist critique of meaning both embraces critical humanism and rejects theodicies postulating ultimate meaning in suffering.