Quine on meaning / Eve Gaudet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaudet, Eve.

Series:

Continuum studies in American philosophy.

Continuum studies in American philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meaning (Philosophy).

Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman).

Quine, W. V.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611295066

9781281295064

128129506X

9781847143150

1847143156

OCLC:

290594175