From a Logical Point of View
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From a Logical Point of View is a landmark collection of philosophical essays by W.V.O. Quine that helped reshape analytic philosophy, especially through its critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction and its naturalized approach to epistemology.
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| Willard Van Orman Quine bibliography | 0 | 1 |
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book
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philosophical essay collection → |
| academicDiscipline |
logic
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philosophy → |
| author |
Willard Van Orman Quine
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W.V.O. Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine → |
| centralTheme |
critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction
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empiricism → logical theory → meaning and reference → naturalized epistemology → ontological commitment → |
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United States of America
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United States
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| genre |
analytic philosophy
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epistemology → philosophy of language → |
| hasForm | essay collection → |
| hasKeyConcept |
behaviorist approach to meaning
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criterion of ontological commitment → holism about confirmation → ontological relativity (early formulation) → rejection of the analytic–synthetic distinction → |
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essay "Designation and Existence"
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Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis →
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essay "Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis"
Truth and Meaning →
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essay "Meaning"
New Foundations for Mathematical Logic →
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essay "New Foundations for Mathematical Logic"
essay "Notes on the Theory of Reference" → “On What There Is” →
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essay "On What There Is"
essay "Reference and Modality" → essay "The Problem of Meaning in Linguistics" → “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” →
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essay "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"
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| impact |
contributed to the development of naturalized epistemology
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helped reshape postwar analytic philosophy → undermined the logical positivist conception of analyticity → |
| influenced |
analytic philosophy
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epistemology → philosophy of language → philosophy of science → |
| language | English → |
| notableEssay |
Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis
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Meaning → New Foundations for Mathematical Logic → “On What There Is” →
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On What There Is
Reference and Modality → “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” →
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Two Dogmas of Empiricism
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| numberOfEssays | 9 → |
| philosophicalTradition |
logical empiricism (critical response)
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naturalism → |
| publicationYear | 1953 → |
| publisher | Harvard University Press → |
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Willard Van Orman Quine bibliography