Der Cambridge-Begleiter zu Quine

Author/Contributor(s):	Gibson, Roger F, Jr
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	03/29/2004
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.