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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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Ostension: is the pointing to objects for the purpose of definition or description. A known problem is the indeterminacy or lack of uniqueness of the reference in pointing. For example, an object, its form, its nature, its history, its weight, etc., can be meant. See also Gavagai, pointing, to mean, indicative definition, definition, definability, statue/clay._____________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. | |||
Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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Eco, Umberto | Ostension | Eco | |
Feynman, Richard | Ostension | Feynman | |
Gärdenfors, Peter | Ostension | Gärdenfors | |
Heidegger, Martin | Ostension | Heidegger | |
Hintikka, Jaakko | Ostension | Hintikka | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Ostension | Quine | |
Sellars, Wilfrid | Ostension | Sellars | |
Tugendhat, E. | Ostension | Tugendhat | |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Ostension | Wittgenstein | |
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