Quine, Conceptual Pragmatism, and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction

This book provides an in-depth examination of C.I. Lewis's conceptual pragmatism and its influence on Quine's developing views in epistemology. The author shows how Quine's engagement with problems presented by Lewis, such as analyticity and the empirical given, contribute to the development of his conception of naturalized epistemology.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Quine and Conceptual Pragmatism
Chapter 1: Themes from Mind and the World Order: The Pragmatic A Priori, Analyticity and the Empirical Given
Chapter 2: Harvard Graduate School and Quine's Early Pragmatism
Chapter 3: Quine's Critical Transition: From the Carnap Lectures to Truth by Convention
Chapter 4: Ongoing Philosophical Struggles and Lewis's An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation
Chapter 5: The Penn-Harvard Triangle and Two Dogmas of Empiricism
Chapter 6: After Two Dogmas: From Pragmatism to Naturalized Epistemology
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Robert Sinclair

Summary

This book provides an in-depth examination of C.I. Lewis's conceptual pragmatism and its influence on Quine's developing views in epistemology. The author shows how Quine's engagement with problems presented by Lewis, such as analyticity and the empirical given, contribute to the development of his conception of naturalized epistemology.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Sinclair, Sinclair Robert
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781793618207
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-820-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: American Philosophy Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; USA, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Pragmatism, United States of America, USA, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge