Quine, Conceptual Pragmatism, and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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W. V. Quine’s occasional references to his ‘pragmatism’ have often been interpreted as suggesting a possible link to the American Pragmatism of Peirce, James, and Dewey. Quine, Conceptual Pragmatism, and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction argues that the influence of pragmatism on Quine’s philosophy is more accurately traced to his teacher C.I. Lewis and his conceptual pragmatism from Mind and the World Order, and his later An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation. Quine’s epistemological views share many affinities with Lewis’s conceptual pragmatism, where knowledge is conceived as a conceptual framework pragmatically revised in light of what future experience reveals. Robert Sinclair further defends and elaborates on this claim by showing how Lewis’s influence can be seen in several key episodes in Quine’s philosophical development. This not only highlights a forgotten element of the epistemological backdrop to Quine’s mid-century criticism of the analytic-synthetic distinction, but Sinclair further argues that it provides the central epistemological framework for the form and content of Quine’s later naturalized conception of epistemology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-01
Mått:161 x 228 x 18 mm
Vikt:417 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:American Philosophy Series
Antal sidor:156
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793618207

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Robert Sinclair is professor of philosophy in the Faculty of International Liberal Arts at Soka University in Tokyo.

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In presenting a historical overview of Quine’s philosophical response to Lewis’ conceptual pragmatism, Sinclair offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between pragmatism and analytic philosophy in the mid-twentieth century. This work broadens our knowledge about Quine’s development, deepens our understanding of his objections to the analytic-synthetic distinction, and sheds new light on his naturalized epistemology. Sinclair’s book, in sum, is a must read for all Quine scholars and a valuable recourse for historians of analytic philosophy.

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Quine and Conceptual PragmatismChapter 1: Themes from Mind and the World Order: The Pragmatic A Priori, Analyticity and the Empirical GivenChapter 2: Harvard Graduate School and Quine’s Early PragmatismChapter 3: Quine’s Critical Transition: From the Carnap Lectures to Truth by ConventionChapter 4: Ongoing Philosophical Struggles and Lewis’s An Analysis of Knowledge and ValuationChapter 5: The Penn-Harvard Triangle and Two Dogmas of EmpiricismChapter 6: After Two Dogmas: From Pragmatism to Naturalized EpistemologyBibliographyAbout the Author