Willard Van Orman Quineβs work revolutionized the fields of epistemology, semantics and ontology. At the heart of his philosophy are several interconnected doctrines: his rejection of conventionalism and of the linguistic doctrine of logical and mathematical truth, his rejection of the analytic/synt
The themes of Quine's philosophy : meaning, reference, and knowledge
β Scribed by Becker, Edward F.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-309) and index
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