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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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Simplicity philosophy: is not definable. E.g. One could try to define the simplicity of an object by the fact that the subject requires the shortest description. This is bound to fail, because the symbols used in the description in turn may refer to complex entities. See also unity, complexity, descriptions._____________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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Barrow, John D. | Simplicity | Barrow | |
Chomsky, Noam | Simplicity | Chomsky | |
Deacon, Terrence W. | Simplicity | Deacon | |
Dummett, Michael E. | Simplicity | Dummett | |
Feyerabend, Paul | Simplicity | Feyerabend | |
Fraassen, Bas van | Simplicity | Fraassen | |
Luhmann, Niklas | Simplicity | Luhmann | |
Putnam, Hilary | Simplicity | Putnam | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Simplicity | Quine | |
Spinoza, Baruch | Simplicity | Spinoza | |
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