Quine’s Philosophy

An Introduction

Dr Gary Kemp (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2023 | 2nd edition
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-34202-6 (ISBN)

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W.V. Quine is one of the leading figures of 20th century analytic philosophy, and still among the most influential. But his work can be challenging and complex, and indeed often misunderstood. In this updated introduction to Quine’s thought, Gary Kemp examines his seemingly disparate views as a unified whole and offers a valuable guide for anyone approaching Quine for the first time.

Informed by current debates and updated throughout, this edition now includes:

· Thoroughly revised and expanded text
· More references to commentaries, secondary literature and works by Quine
· Suggestions for further reading
· Newly introduced material on Empirical Content, Explication, Nominalism, The Purported Third Dogma, Theoreticity, Natural Selection and Linguistics.
· Historical notes on Quine’s relation to his predecessors and contemporaries

Paying close attention to Quine’s seminal works including Word and Object and Philosophy of Logic, Kemp explains how his philosophy relates to thinkers including Rudolf Carnap and Wittgenstein, as well as to more recent figures such as Donald Davidson and Noam Chomsky. Kemp clearly and accurately emphasizes the systematic nature of Quine’s thought as one of naturalism. He advances our understanding of Quine and attests to his ongoing influence in philosophy of science, logic, language, ontology and epistemology. This unique introduction to Quine’s philosophy is recommended for any student interested in Quine and the history of analytic philosophy.

Gary Kemp is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Preface
Abbreviations

1. Philosophy as Quine Found it
2. Convention, Analyticity and Holism
3. The Indeterminacy of Translation
4. Naturalized Epistemology and the Roots of Reference
5. Ontology I: Truth, Physical Objects, and the Language of Science
6. Ontology II: Extensionality and Abstract Objects
7. Science, Philosophy and Empiricism

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.09.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
ISBN-10	1-350-34202-5 / 1350342025
ISBN-13	978-1-350-34202-6 / 9781350342026
Zustand	Neuware