Quine Philosophy Research -- From the Perspective of Logic and Language

Author: Chen Bo
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Publish Date: 1998-09-01
Features: From the perspective of logic and language, this research holds significant academic value because: Quine is a renowned analytical philosopher and a major founder of logical pragmatism, who had a profound impact on the decline of logical positivism in the 1960s and the pragmatization of analytical philosophy. He is celebrated in Western philosophy alongside figures like Russell and Carnap. The outstanding feature of this book lies in the author's belief that Quine's philosophy is grounded in a naturalistic philosophical view, set against the backdrop of first-order logic, based on a naturalistic linguistic view and a behaviorist theory of meaning, and focuses on the psychological development of language learning or reference. It aims to examine Quine's philosophy as a complete system in accordance with its intrinsic logic. The book is rich in material, meticulous in analysis, and offers fair evaluations, making it a comprehensive, systematic, and in-depth monograph on Quine's philosophy in the field of Chinese philosophy.