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Quine, W. V. --- Quine, Willard Van Orman --- Kuaĭn, Uillard van Ormen --- קואיין, ו. ו. א.

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Willard Van Orman Quine's 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/synthetic distinction, his thesis of the indeterminacy of translation and his thesis of the inscrutability of reference. In this book Edward Becker sets out to interpret and explain these doctrines. He offers detailed analyses of the relevant texts, discusses Quine's views on meaning, reference and knowledge, and shows how Quine's views developed over the years. He also proposes a new version of the linguistic doctrine of logical truth, and a new way of rehabilitating analyticity. His rich exploration of Quine's thought will interest all those seeking to understand and evaluate the work of one of the most important philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century.

Lexicology. Semantics --- Metaphysics --- Theory of knowledge --- Quine, Willard Van Orman --- Mind & Body. --- Quine, W. V. --- Analysis (Philosophy). --- Philosophy --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Linguistic (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Logical --- Analysis, Philosophical --- Analytic philosophy --- Analytical philosophy --- Linguistic analysis (Philosophy) --- Logical analysis --- Philosophical analysis --- Philosophy, Analytical --- Kuaĭn, Uillard van Ormen --- קואיין, ו. ו. א. --- Language and languages --- Methodology --- Logical positivism --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Arts and Humanities

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This book includes detailed critical analysis of a wide variety of versions of the indispensability argument, as well as a novel approach to traditional views about mathematics.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. --- Mathematics --- Platonists. --- Platonism --- Philosophers --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Logic of mathematics --- Mathematics, Logic of --- Algebra of logic --- Logic, Universal --- Mathematical logic --- Symbolic and mathematical logic --- Symbolic logic --- Algebra, Abstract --- Metamathematics --- Set theory --- Syllogism --- Philosophy. --- Quine, W. V. --- Benacerraf, Paul. --- Quine, Willard Van Orman --- Kuaĭn, Uillard van Ormen --- קואיין, ו. ו. א.

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Hilary Kornblith presents an account of inductive inference that addresses both its metaphysical and epistemological aspects. He argues that inductive knowledge is possible by virtue of the fit between our innate psychological capacities and the causal structure of the world.Kornblith begins by developing an account of natural kinds that has its origins in John Locke's work on real and nominal essences. In Kornblith's view, a natural kind is a stable cluster of properties that are bound together in nature. The existence of such kinds serves as a natural ground of inductive inference.Kornblith then examines two features of human psychology that explain how knowledge of natural kinds is attained. First, our concepts are structured innately in a way that presupposes the existence of natural kinds. Second, our native inferential tendencies tend to provide us with accurate beliefs about the world when applied to environments that are populated by natural kinds.

Knowledge, Theory of. --- Reasoning. --- Evolution. --- Naturalism. --- Induction (Logic) --- Inference. --- Naturalism --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Inference --- Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Materialism --- Mechanism (Philosophy) --- Positivism --- Science --- Creation --- Emergence (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- Argumentation --- Ratiocination --- Reason --- Thought and thinking --- Judgment (Logic) --- Logic --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Ampliative induction --- Induction, Ampliative --- Inference (Logic) --- Reasoning --- Inductive logic --- Logic, Inductive --- Quine, W. V. --- Quine, Willard Van Orman --- Kuaĭn, Uillard van Ormen --- קואיין, ו. ו. א. --- PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology

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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.

Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Quine, W. V. --- Quine, Willard Van Orman --- Kuaĭn, Uillard van Ormen --- קואיין, ו. ו. א. --- Analysis (Philosophy). --- Science --- Linguistics --- Philosophy, modern. --- Pragmatism. --- Genetic epistemology. --- Analytic Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Philosophy of Language. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Epistemology. --- Developmental psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Idealism --- Philosophy, Modern --- Positivism --- Realism --- Utilitarianism --- Experience --- Reality --- Truth --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Analysis, Linguistic (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Logical --- Analysis, Philosophical --- Analytic philosophy --- Analytical philosophy --- Linguistic analysis (Philosophy) --- Logical analysis --- Philosophical analysis --- Philosophy, Analytical --- Language and languages --- Methodology --- Logical positivism --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Modern philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy and science. --- Language and languages—Philosophy. --- Modern philosophy. --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Science and philosophy --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Knowledge, Theory of.