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Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed

Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed

Paperback

Series: Guides for the Perplexed

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0826484875
ISBN13: 9780826484871
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Jun 23 2006
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.44 Depth: 8.54
Language: English

Willard Van Orman Quine is one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century. No serious student of modern analytic philosophy can afford to ignore Quine's work. Yet there is no doubt that it presents a considerable challenge. The book offers clear explication and analysis of Quine's writings and ideas in all those areas of philosophy to which he contributed (except technical matters in logic). Quine's work is set in its intellectual context, illuminating his connections to Russell, Carnap and logical positivism. Detailed attention is paid to Word and Object, Quine's seminal text, and to his important theories on the nature of truth, knowledge and reality. This text presents an account of Quine's

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