Larrey, Philip, 1963-

Thinking logically a historical critique of trends in contemporary philosophy of logic in the analytical tradition / [electronic resource] : Philip Larrey. - Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group, Publishers, c2007. - x, 107 p. ; 21 cm. - Contemporary European cultural studies . - Contemporary European cultural studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-107).

Introduction -- Presuppositions and other commitments : W.V.O. Quine -- Crucial importance of what is presupposed -- Quine and the utopia of extensionality -- Existence trumps ontological commitment -- Existence, theoretical constructs and common sense -- Conceptual schemes : Donald Davidson -- Historical survey -- Davidson's critique -- Truth makers -- Objective truth -- Interpretation and common sense : Richard Rorty -- After the linguistic turn -- Truth & intersubjective agreement -- Pre-philosophical convictions -- Realism and reticence : Hilary Putnam -- Analytic and post-analytic philosophy -- On the view from nowhere -- Internal realism with a capital R -- Concluding review -- Philosophy unbound -- The future of philosophy.


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