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Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) was probably the most influential American philosopher of the twentieth century. In Trading Ontology for Ideology Lieven Decock offers an insightful analysis of the development of Quine's ontological views from his first texts in the early thirties onwards. The importance of Quine's work in logic and set theory for his ontology is highlighted. Decock argues that the tenet of extensionalism is at least as important as naturalism, and assesses the relation between the two. The other focus of the work is the relation between ontology, i.e. what there is, and ideology, i.e. what can be expressed by means of words. Decock shows that the interplay between ontology and ideology is far more complicated and interesting than has generally been assumed.
Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) was probably the most influential American philosopher of the twentieth century. In Trading Ontology for Ideology Lieven Decock offers an insightful analysis of the development of Quine's ontological views from his first texts in the early thirties onwards. The importance of Quine's work in logic and set theory for his ontology is highlighted. Decock argues that the tenet of extensionalism is at least as important as naturalism, and assesses the relation between the two. The other focus of the work is the relation between ontology, i.e. what there is, and ideology, i.e. what can be expressed by means of words. Decock shows that the interplay between ontology and ideology is far more complicated and interesting than has generally been assumed.
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Quine's criterion of ontological commitment has played a major role in analytic philosophy in the 20th century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
proxy function argument, ideological debacle, predicate functor logic, robust predicates, perceptual ontology, regimented theories, trading ontology for ideology, predicative set theory, ontological apparatus, constructive nominalism, impure numbers, pure set theory, global stimuli, stratified formula, objectual quantification, substitutional quantification, objectual reading, logical regimentation, comprehension axiom, observation categoricals, proxy functions, naturalised epistemology,
Quine's criterion of ontological commitment has played a major role in analytic philosophy in the 20th century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
proxy function argument, ideological debacle, predicate functor logic, robust predicates, perceptual ontology, regimented theories, trading ontology for ideology, predicative set theory, ontological apparatus, constructive nominalism, impure numbers, pure set theory, global stimuli, stratified formula, objectual quantification, substitutional quantification, objectual reading, logical regimentation, comprehension axiom, observation categoricals, proxy functions, naturalised epistemology,