Word and Object

Name: Word and Object
Author: W.V.O. Quine

by W.V.O. Quine

Quine's foundational work on reference, meaning, and indeterminacy of translation between languages

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W.V.O. Quine

American analytic philosopher whose 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism' is the most influential essay in 20th-century analytic philosophy, attacking the analytic-synthetic distinction. Word and Object developed a thoroughgoing naturalist epistemology. He is the most important figure in postwar American philosophy.

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