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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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Synonymy, philosophy: synonymy is the similarity of meaning of linguistic expressions. The conditions for actual equality of meaning are diverse and vary considerably, depending on the consideration of various aspects such as e.g. regional characteristics of the language use or different size of the subject area in question. See also intension, extension, identity, externalism, opacity, substitution, interpretation, translation, language usage.
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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
Carnap, Rudolf Synonymy   Carnap
Chomsky, Noam Synonymy   Chomsky
Cresswell, Maxwell J. Synonymy   Cresswell
Fodor, Jerry Synonymy   Fodor
Geach, Peter Synonymy   Geach
Goodman, Nelson Synonymy   Goodman
Habermas, Jürgen Synonymy   Habermas
Katz, Jerrold J. Synonymy   Katz
Kripke, Saul A. Synonymy   Kripke
Lewis, David K. Synonymy   Lewis
Lyons, John Synonymy   Lyons
Quine, W.V.O. Synonymy   Quine
Rorty, Richard Synonymy   Rorty

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