Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed Contributor(s): Kemp, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826484867 ISBN-13: 9780826484864 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
Dewey: 191 |
LCCN: 2005037798 |
Series: Guides for the Perplexed |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.81 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 |