Thinking Logically : A Historical Critique of Trends in Contemporary Philosophy of Logic in the Analytical Tradition.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (117 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One - Presuppositions and other 'commitments': W. V. O. Quine -- 1 Crucial importance of 'what is presupposed' -- 2 Quine and the 'utopia' of extensionality -- 3 Existence trumps Ontological Commitment -- 4 Existence, Theoretical Constructs and Common Sense -- Chapter Two - Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson -- 5 Historical Survey -- 6 Davidson's Critique -- 7 Truth Makers -- 8 Objective Truth -- Chapter 3 - Interpretation and Common Sense: Richard Rorty -- 9 After the Linguistic Turn -- 10 Truth & -- Intersubjective Agreement -- 11 Pre-philosophical Convictions -- Chapter 4 - Realism and Reticence: Hilary Putnam -- 12 Analytic and Post-Analytic Philosophy -- 13 On 'The View from Nowhere' -- 14 Internal Realism with a capital 'R' -- Concluding Review -- 15 Philosophy unbound -- 16 The future of Philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography*.