Quintessence
Subtitle: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine
Contributors: Roger F. Gibson Jr. (Editor)
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: May 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780674010482
Subjects: Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy / General; General
Description: "Quintessence for the first time collects Quine's classic essays (such as "Two Dogmas" and "On What There Is") in one volume - and thus offers readers a much-needed introduction to his general philosophy. Divided into five parts, the twenty-five selections take up analyticity and reductionism; the indeterminacy of translation of theoretical sentences and the inscrutability of reference; ontology; naturalized epistemology; philosophy of mind; and extensionalism. Representative of Quine at his best, these readings are fundamental not only to an appreciation of the philosopher and his work, but also to an understanding of the philosophical tradition that he so materially advanced."--Jacket.