Quine: a guide for the perplexed
โ Scribed by Quine, Willard Van Orman; Kemp, Gary
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 190
- Series
- The guides for the perplexed series; Guides for the perplexed
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Content: Chapter 1: Background: Russell, Carnap and Logical Positivism
Chapter 2: The Critique of Convention and Analyticity
Chapter 3: What is Language? Word and Object and The Roots of Reference. Chapter 4: What is Knowledge? 'Epistemology Naturalized'
Chapter 5: Quinean Metaphysics I: What is Real?
Chapter 6: Quinean Metaphysics II: What does it mean to call something 'real'?
Chapter 7: Quine contra Philosophical Analysis: The Case of Belief
Chapter 8: Summary: What is Philosophy?
โฆ Subjects
Quine, W. V. -- (Willard Van Orman), -- 1908-2000.;Filosofie.
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