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Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality
Hans-Johann Glock
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Description for Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality
paperback. This book is devoted to Quine and Davidson. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Quine and Davidson are among the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. Their influence on contemporary philosophy is second to none, and their impact is also strongly felt in disciplines such as linguistics and psychology. This book is devoted to both of them, but also questions some of their basic assumptions. Hans-Johann Glock critically scrutinizes their ideas on ontology, truth, necessity, meaning and interpretation, thought and language, and shows that their attempts to accommodate meaning and thought within a naturalistic framework, either by impugning them as unclear or by extracting them from physical facts, are ultimately unsuccessful. His discussion includes interesting comparisons of Quine and Davidson with other philosophers, particularly Wittgenstein, and also offers detailed accounts of central issues in contemporary analytic philosophy, such as the nature of truth and of meaning and interpretation, and the relation between thought and language.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521048057
SKU
KTS0038050
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Ref
99-1
About Hans-Johann Glock
Hans-Johann Glock is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is the author of A Wittgenstein Dictionary (1996) which has been translated into German, French, Portuguese and Polish.
Reviews for Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality
'Glock's book is one that every philosopher should have on his or her shelf, and most will find it an enjoyable and illuminating work … It is admirably clear, insightful and provides critical overviews of the most important arguments of two of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, from the point of view of a critic rather than a sympathizer. There is something valuable here for everyone, whether friend or foe of Quine or Davidson.' Notre Dame Philosophical Review