Trading Ontology for Ideology: The Interplay of Logic, Set Theory and Semantics in Quine’s Philosophy
Author:   L. Decock
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Volume:   313
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Pages:   282
Publication Date:   06 December 2010
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Trading Ontology for Ideology: The Interplay of Logic, Set Theory and Semantics in Quine’s Philosophy


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Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) was probably the most influential American philosopher of the twentieth century. In Trading Ontology for Ideology Lieven Decock offers an insightful analysis of the development of Quine's ontological views from his first texts in the early thirties onwards. The importance of Quine's work in logic and set theory for his ontology is highlighted. Decock argues that the tenet of extensionalism is at least as important as naturalism, and assesses the relation between the two. The other focus of the work is the relation between ontology, i.e. what there is, and ideology, i.e. what can be expressed by means of words. Decock shows that the interplay between ontology and ideology is far more complicated and interesting than has generally been assumed.

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Author:   L. Decock
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Volume:   313
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.468kg
ISBN:  

9789048161218


ISBN 10:   9048161215
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   06 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Ontology and quantification.- 2. Nominalism and realism.- 3. Extensionalism.- 4. Sets and predicates.- 5. Ontological relativity.- 6. Genesis of ontology.- 7. Taking stock.- Notes.- References.

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