The Cambridge Companion to Quine

By: Roger F. Gibson Jr

Book Overview

The eleven essays in this volume cover all the central topics of W.V. Quine's philosophy. Quine (1908-2000) was perhaps the most distinguished analytic philosopher of the later half of the twentieth century. His celebrated attack on the analytic/synthetic tradition heralded a major shift away from the views of language descended from logical positivism. His most important book, Word and Object, introduced the concept of indeterminacy of radical translation, a bleak view of the nature of the language with which we ascribe thoughts and beliefs to ourselves and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521639492
• ISBN13: 9780521639491
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"