Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the work of Willard van Orman Quine, the most important and influential American philosopher of the post--war period. An understanding of Quinea s work is essential for anyone who wishes to follow contemporary debates in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind and metaphysics.
Trade Review'... displays deep knowledge of Quine's writings and an exemplary concern with what really matters.'
The Philosophical reviewTable of ContentsPreface.
Introduction.
Part I: The Evolution of Empiricism.
1. Language and the World.
2. Rules and Rationality.
3. Naturalism, Realism and Pragmatism.
Part II: Logic and Reality.
4. Physicalism and Objectivity.
5. Logic: Canonical Notation and Extensionality.
6. Intensionality.
7. Necessity: Logic and Metaphysics.
Part III: Mind and Meaning.
8. Indeterminacy of Translation.
9. Translation and Explanation.
10. Holism, Interpretation and the Autonomy of Psychology.
Part IV: Knowledge and Reality.
11. Nature and Experience.
12. Physicalism and Reality.
