From a Metaphilosophical Point of View: A Study of W. V. Quine’s Naturalism

Cover Title Page Preface Contents Introduction 1. Quine, Word and Object, and Naturalism 1.1. Quine and His Intellectual Background 1.2. Word and Object and Quine’s Position 1.3. Naturalism, Science, and Neurath’s Boat 2. A Logical Framework for Philosophical Inquiry 2.1. Paraphrase, Regimentation, and Analysis 2.2. An Austere Canonical Form for the System of the World 2.3. Questions of Ontology, Ideology, and Reference 3. The Desert Landscape of the Quinean Universe 3.1. Ontic Decision and the Categories of Being 3.2. Particulars, Universals, and Propositions 3.3. Modalities and Philosophy of Mind 4. The Most General Empirical Science 4.1. Scientific Realism and Ontological Relativity 4.2. The Drive for Evidence vs. the Drive for System 4.3. Conclusions: From a Metaphilosophical Point of View References Back Cover