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1 online resource (149 pages) |
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HOW DO WE DEAL WITH CONFLICTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT WORLD VIEWS IF THEY ARE BASED ON THE SAME EVIDENCE?: The Philosophical Problem of Underdeterminationin the Thought of W.V. Quine and Donald Davidson; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; Chapter 1: Some Introductory Remarks on Quine's Terminology; Chapter 2: Evolution of Quine's Thinking on the Thesis of Underdetermination; Chapter 3: Duhem-Quine Thesis or Holism and Underdetermination; Chapter 4: Can Quine Distinguish the Underdetermination Thesis from the Thesis of Indeterminacy of Translation? |
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Chapter 5: The Underdetermination Thesis and ConventionalismChapter 6: The Conflict Between Quine's Thesis of Underdetermination, and His Empiricism and Naturalism: A Relativistic Resolution; Chapter 7: Some Recent Takes on Underdetermination: An Evaluation; Chapter 8: Davidson on the Problem of Interpretation: A Comparison with Quine; Chapter 9: Davidson's Requirements on a Theory of Interpretation; Chapter 10: Tarski's Theory of Truth and Davidson's Semantics: Towards Reducing Indeterminacy; Chapter 11: Davidson's Holism in a Quinian Perspective |
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Chapter 12: Language and Translatability: Towards Alternative Conceptual SchemesBibliography; Index |
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This book examines both Quine?s and Davidson?s views on underdetermination and language and argues underdetermination provides an epistemological basis for pluralism by justifying alternative world views or conceptual schemes in science |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman)
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Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003.
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Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003 fast |
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Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman) fast |
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Underdetermination (Theory of knowledge)
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Semantics (Philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Semantics (Philosophy)
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Underdetermination (Theory of knowledge)
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Philosophy.
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Electronic book
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9780773416604 |
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0773416609 |
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