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    W.V. Quine — Carmelics
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    W.V. Quine

    W.V. Quine

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    1908 – 2000

    Willard Van Orman Quine was one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the 20th century, known for his work in logic, philosophy of language, and epistemology. He challenged the analytic-synthetic distinction and defended a form of naturalized epistemology and ontological relativity.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Argued against the analytic-synthetic distinction in 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism'

    2

    Developed the thesis of the indeterminacy of translation

    3

    Formulated the criterion of ontological commitment ('To be is to be the value of a bound variable')

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    Advanced naturalized epistemology

    5

    Defended holism about meaning and confirmation (Quine-Duhem thesis)

    Positions & Arguments

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    Modality & Possibility

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    The second 'broad assumption' (¬p ∧ ¬Fp) → P¬Fp is not true when p refers to a future contingency

    Free Will & Foreknowledge

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    The second 'broad assumption' (¬p ∧ ¬Fp) → P¬Fp is not true when p refers to a future contingency

    Natural Theology

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    We can rationally believe both ourselves and God to be mental in nature from a practical point of view.

    Truth & Knowledge

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    We can rationally believe both ourselves and God to be mental in nature from a practical point of view.

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    Analytic Philosophy

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    Truth & Knowledge1
    Free Will & Foreknowledge1
    Modality & Possibility1
    Natural Theology1

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