Questions Regarding Quine's Ontology

camuswetdream February 25, 2017 at 17:20 3700 views 6 comments

Hello good friends,

Do you think that Quine maintains the same view of ontology in “A Logistical Approach to the Ontological Problem,” “On What There Is,” and “Ontic Decision”? Or does he change his conception over the progression of his writing?

Comments (6)

Moliere February 25, 2017 at 18:39 #57580 0 likes

Hrm. I guess the semester has started up again, hasn't it?

:D

camuswetdream February 25, 2017 at 19:41 #57591 0 likes

Reply to Moliere no idea whatcha talking about friend ( ?° ?? ?°)....Yeah us undergrads are getting slaughtered in a particular analytic phil course.

Wayfarer February 25, 2017 at 21:43 #57610 0 likes

That's definitely an assignment. Neat ASCI art, though.

Moliere February 26, 2017 at 04:57 #57695 0 likes

It can help to write out some thoughts. Why not give it a try?

People will be more amenable to conversing with a post of substance and exchanging ideas if not in the form of an obvious class essay question. (And, hey, if you're actually reading the articles and discussing them, you wouldn't even be cheating -- just getting feedback).

quine February 26, 2017 at 05:12 #57699 0 likes

Check out SEP (http://plato.stanford.edu) entry on Quine.

Basically, Quine divides existent things into two sorts: physical objects and mathematical objects. Quine made an emphasis on theories of reference than on theories of meaning. It is important for Quine to see how quantifiers quantify over variables. Quine says, "To be is to be the value of a variable." Mathematical objects, especially sets, are accepted because of their usefulness. Sets can include various physical objects. For example, the set of chairs includes chairs as physical objects.
Any question?

camuswetdream March 02, 2017 at 21:04 #58853 0 likes

I made a more conversational post. Sorry, didn't mean for this to come off as a hw assignment.