The Development of Quine's Philosophy

2012
ISBN: 978-94-007-2423-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 283 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

This book covers W. V. Quine's philosophic career from his early radical empiricism and behaviorism through his development of a series of skeptical doctrines regarding meaning, reference, and science. It shows what problems he tried to solve and what his solutions were. Result has been a series of highly controversial claims that have won him international fame. His work is still a center of controversy and has lead to an enormous literature of commentary.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphey, Murray

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Analytische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter I. Logic and Philosophy Chapter II. Semantics and Ontology Chapter III. From Word and Object to The Roots of Reference Chapter IV. Last Revisions Chapter V. Conclusion Appendix Notes

Über Autor(innen)

Murray Murphey is Professor of American Civilization Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Colorado Springs, he received his AB from Harvard in 1949 and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1954. His research has focused on two subjects: the history of philosophy in America and the philosophy of history. His publications include The Development of Peirce's Philosophy, 1961, 1993; Our Knowledge of the Historical Past, 1974; A History of Philosophy in America, co-authored with Elizabeth Flower, 1977;
Philosophical Foundations of Historical Knowledge, 1988; C. I. Lewis: The Last Great Pragmatist, 2005; and Truth and History, 2009.