[Quine, Willard Van Orman] Romanos, George D.

Quine and Analytic Philosophy. The Language of Language.

Cambridge/ London, Bradford Books, 1983. 20.1cm x 13.5cm. xvii, 227 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Front free endpaper detached.

Includes for Example: The Rejection of Metaphysics and the ‘Linguistic Turn’/ The Positivist Creed/ Background of the Positivist Manifesto/ Linguistic Reinterpretation/ Kantian Ingredients in the Positivists’ Redefinition of Philosophy/ The Analytic Conception of Language/ What Language Says as Determined by Rules/ Quine’s “Ontogical Relativity”/ Rules and Ontology/ Rules and Logical Truth/ Adopting New Entities and New Truths, Practically Speaking/ Ordinary Language and Implicit Definition/ Parallels between the Metaphysical and Linguistic Doctrines/ Implicit Understanding, Meaning and Use/ The Indeterminacy of Our Understanding of Ordinary Talk/ Atavistic Semantics/ The Reduction of Semantics to Metaphysics/ The Semantic Conception of Truth/ Sense and Reference/ Truth and the Theory of Reference/ The Semantic Conception of Truth and Analytic Philosophy/ The Positivist’s Dilemma and the Relevance of Tarski’s Work/ Tarski’s Method/ Tarski’s Definition of Truth/ Truth, Semantics and Philosophy/ Applicability of Tarski’s Procedure/ Ontological Relativity and Tarski’s Definition/ The Primacy of Truth/ Indeterminacy and the Status of Semantic Inquiry/ Philosophy etc.

For fifty years, Willard Van Orman Quine’s books and articles have stimulated intense debate in the fields of logic and the philosophy of language. Many scholars in fact, regard Quine as the greatest living English-speaking philosopher; yet his views remain widely misunderstood and misinterpreted. This book provides the first major explication and defense of Quine’s systematic philosophy and is ideally suited for use as a required or supplementary text in a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy and linguistics.The book explores the far-reaching implications of Quine’s views on language for contemporary analytic philosophy. It is unique in providing a lucid and rich description and reconstruction of the historical context from which Quine’s work grew, focusing in particular on the role that Russell and Wittgenstein played in shaping the problems inherited by Quine. It presents Quine’s difficult later views in an accessible fashion, bringing out as no other study has the very radical nature of his position. One of the book’s highlights is its careful examination and assessment of Tarski’s theory of truth as it relates to the traditions of Russell and Wittgenstein and to Quine’s own philosophy.George D. Romanos took his Ph.D. in philosophy under George D. W. Berry and Paul T. Sagal at Boston University. This book grew out of his dissertation with the active criticism and support of Quine himself.

• Keywords: Library & Collection Building · Logic – Rare · Philosophy Rare · Quine – Collection · Quine, Willard Van Orman
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262680386
• Inventory Number: 41119AB