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Quine On Ontology, Necessity, and Experience : A Philosophical Critique
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Dilman, Ilham.
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State University of New York Press
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0873957601
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9780873957601
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9780585091600
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English
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Quine, W. V.--(Willard Van Orman)
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1984
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B945.Q54D54 1984eb
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Quine, W. V.--(Willard Van Orman)
Quine On Ontology, Necessity And Experience
A Philosophical Critique
Ilham* Dilman
State University of New York Press Albany
Ilham* Dilman 1984
First published in U.S.A. by State University of New York Press, Albany
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Dilman, Ilham*. Quine on ontology, necessity, and experience. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman) I. Title. B945.Q54D54 198411183-4815 ISBN 0-87395-761-X ISBN 0-8739-960-1 (PBK)
Quine On Ontology, Necessity, And Experience
The book is a critique of Quine and discusses three interrelated topics which figure prominently in his work. Quine has developed very distinctive views on these topics which are indicated in the title of the book. It criticises these views in some detail and contrasts them with the kind of view which Wittgenstein developed on these topics.
Quine's thought is a well defended fortress in which the different views for which he argues give each other mutual support. Nevertheless it is not impossible to treat a cluster of these in relative isolation from the rest. The present book is an attempt to do just this in the case of the three topics mentioned. It questions some pretty basic assumptions on which the Quinean edifice rests and some of the arguments with which Quine supports these.
The book argues, first, that Quine's whole notion of ontology is riddled with confusion and tries to single out for discussion some of these confusions. It argues, secondly, that Quine's rejection of the distinction between necessary and contingent truths is unwarranted, and that the notion of analyticity in terms of which he conducts this discussion is a red herring. It argues, thirdly, that the notion of experience and the subordinate notion of the senses in terms of which Quine discusses the confirmation of propositions and expounds his brand of empiricism are crude.
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Dr Ilham* Dilman is Reader in Philosophy at the University College of Swansea. He has also taught at the University of California at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, the University of Oregon at Eugene and the University of Hull.
His books are listed on the next page and he has contributed papers and articles to various philosophical journals and books.
By the same author
STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND REASON
MORALITY AND THE INNER LIFE: A Study of Plato's Gorgias
MATTER AND MIND: Two Essays in Epistemology
INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION: A Study in Wittgenstein
SENSE AND DELUSION (with D. Z. Phillips)
FREUD AND HUMAN NATURE
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Contents
Preface
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1 Quine's Conception of Ontology
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2 Ontology, Language and Existence
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3 Language, Theory and Belief
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4 Are there Universals?
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5 Are there Logical Truths?
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6 Language and Experience
106
Summary of the Book
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
136
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Preface
I have never written before on a philosopher or writer with whom I did not feel at least in partial sympathy. This little book is a first exception. What prompted me to write it is the attention and admiration which Quine's work has received when I continue to see little in it. I toyed, at one point, with the idea of calling this book 'The Emperor's Clothes' because that tide does really sum up how Quine's philosophical success looks to me from my own little arc. But while I mean to speak my mind I do not wish to imply any disrespect.
I do not mind admitting that as far as symbolic logic goes I cannot hold a candle to Quine. Here, where he is in his element, he quickly leaves me out of my depth. I have, therefore, concentrated on two or three topics he has treated in well known and widely discussed papers: 'On What there is', 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism' (in
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