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W.V.O. Quine - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
W.V.O. Quine (1908-2000), American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. His major works include From a Logical Point of View (1953) and Word and Object (1960). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic.
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Extension, philosophy: an object, for example, the planet Venus as a material body, independent from the manner in which it is singled out. In contrast, intension is the way in which the object is given or is represented, e.g. Morning star or Evening star. See also intensions, identity, identity conditions, reference, meaning, assertibility conditions, propositional attitudes, opacity._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Brandom, Robert | Extensions | Brandom | |
Carnap, Rudolf | Extensions | Carnap | |
Field, Hartry | Extensions | Field | |
Geach, Peter | Extensions | Geach | |
Goodman, Nelson | Extensions | Goodman | |
Kripke, Saul A. | Extensions | Kripke | |
Lewis, David K. | Extensions | Lewis | |
Putnam, Hilary | Extensions | Putnam | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Extensions | Quine | |
Schurz, Gerhard | Extensions | Schurz | |
Searle, John R. | Extensions | Searle | |
Wright, Crispin | Extensions | Wright | |
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