It covers i basic approaches to logic, including proof theory and especially model theory, ii extensions of standard logic such as modal logic that are important in philosophy, and iii some elementary philosophy of logic. Rather, in presenting a general theory of grammar and discussing the boundaries and possible extensions of logic, he argues that logic is not a mere matter of words. Quine s contribution to american philosophy, and his position as one of the late twentiethcenturys most influential analytic philosophers brings together newlycommissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophy covers quine s work across philosophy of logic. Putnams 1971 book philosophy of logic came one year later than quines homonymous volume. Like the logical positivists, quine evinced little interest in the philosophical canon. Most of these videos were recorded in the spring of 2015 while i was on administrative assi. Quines views on logic apparently softened somewhat in later years, as. Quine presents logic as the product of two factors, truth and grammarbut argues against the doctrine. This book provides the first major explication and defense of quine s systematic philosophy and. Pdf download philosophy of logic free unquote books.
Stephen croddy i quine s criticism of essentialism is wellknown. Classical logic stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Hyltons introductory chapter gives a comprehensive overview of quines naturalistic approach to philosophy. The foremost american philosopher of the twentieth century is willard van orman quine of harvard. Willard van orman quine wikisource, the free online library.
Philosophy of logic is a short but brilliant introduction. Quine was famous for his position that first order logic is the only kind worthy of the name, and developed his own system of mathematics and set theory, known as new foundations. Propositional logic, quantification theory, set theory, and mathematics are all different animals. Citeseerx quines philosophy of logic and mathematics. The importance of humes fork lies not only in its clear presentation, but in its central place in humes philosophy. Quine is the clearest and most coherent writer on logic. Afterwards an application to the ontological argument for gods existence and a discussion of quine s argument that. In practical philosophy ethics and political philosophy his contributions are negligible. Willard van orman quine was one of the most wellknown american analytic philosophers of the twentieth century. His interest in science is not best described as a philosophy of science but as a set of reflections on the nature of science that is pursued with the same empirical spirit that animates scientific inquiry. Our first two themes show how some of the core ideas of premodern logic survived the fregean revolution, returning in modern forms. If pressed to supplement tweedledees ostensive definition of. Sep 28, 2011 robert and harriet quine had two sons robert jr. Willard van orman quine, american logician and philosopher, widely considered one of the dominant figures in angloamerican philosophy in the last half of the 20th century.
Quine, or van to his friends 1908 2000 was an american philosopher and mathematical logician, widely considered one of the most important philosophers of the second half of the 20th century his criticisms and modifications of logical positivism and pragmatism were instrumental in moving 20th century analytic philosophy along, and he revolutionized. Susan haack, philosophy of logics harman, gilbert, journal of. Philosophy of logic by willard van orman quine goodreads. V download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This book is an introduction to logic for students of contemporary philosophy. But modern logic is important for a systematic understanding of theoretical relationships. Logic for philosophy theodore sider june 8, 2007 preface this.
Not all interesting interpretational problems are solved by possibleworld semantics, as the developments earlier registered are sometimes called. Incorporating updated notations, selective answers to exercises, expanded treatment of natural deduction, and new discussions of predicate functor logic and the affinities between higher set theory and the elementary logic of terms, quine s new edition will serve admirably both for classroom and for. Eli dresner 1999 history and philosophy of logic 20 2. Quines new foundations stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Willard van orman quine 19082000 worked in theoretical philosophy and in logic. Quine on empiricism university of california, davis. Willard van orman quine was an american philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. After studying mathematics and logic at oberlin college 192630, quine won a scholarship to harvard university, where he. Hilary putnam on the philosophy of logic and mathematics 1 jstor.
I think that as far as elementary logic is concerned, the common sense of the physicist today and of centuries ago, perhaps, before modern logic began is enough. My aim here will in fact be less ambitious and more realistic than my title would thus suggest. Quine s new edition will serve admirably for both classroom and. Quine a nestor of american philosophy, his books served generations. Philosophical logic refers to those areas of philosophy in which recognized methods of logic have traditionally been used to solve or advance the discussion of philosophical problems. Quine has contributed fundamentally to the substance, the pedagogy, and the philosophy of mathematical logic. Quine definition and meaning collins english dictionary.
American philosophers such as lewis tended toward pragmatism. Renewal re037520 covering new matter in the 1951 edition only. Quine records that he began having doubts about heaven and immortality while still a child, and the doubts only became stronger as he grew. Among the ontological problemsproblems concerning existence and existential assumptionsarising in logic are those of individuation and existence. The last four words of my title may seem redundant, since virtually all quines philosophical writings, early and late, pertain directly or indirectly to logic, mathematics, or both. Quine, philosopher who analyzed language and reality. The result is that the different theses in quine s philosophy of logic are to be.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading philosophy of logic. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. What calls for a distinctive bit of philosophy is deductive logic, the discipline that tweedledee had in mind. Sinan dogramaci 2017 philosophy and phenomenological research 94 1. Of logic where quine restates the holistic argument against pdf xchange text editieren the analytic. Download pdf a companion to w v o quine free online. The deductive system is to capture, codify, or simply record arguments that are valid for the given language, and the. It is the seed of humes scepticism, which provides a more precise delimitation of the scope of deductive reason than had hitherto appeared. The twelve new essays, by an international group of contributors, range from case studies on individual philosophers russell, carnap, quine, and ryle through discussions of broader themes in the history of analytic philosophy in logic and philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, philosophy of mind and psychology to. Respected for his mastery of the technical apparatus of symbolic logic, quine employs logical analysis together with semantics derived from alfred tarski to great effect. Videos for my hybrid logic course at laguardia community college. However, since professors quine name got mentioned. Author of methods of logic, mathematical logic, elementary logic, from a logical point of view, word and object, methods of logic, set theory and its logic, philosophy of logic willard van orman quine open library.
Quine presents logic as the product of two factors, truth and grammarbut argues against the doctrine that the logical truths are true because of grammar or language. From 1930 until his death 70 years later, quine was continually affiliated with harvard university in one way or another, first as a. Among these, sybil wolfram highlights the study of argument, meaning, and truth, 2 while colin mcginn presents identity, existence, predication, necessity. In the first section, i compare these two philosophies of logic. Many scholars in fact, regard quine as the greatest living englishspeaking philosopher. The quines were congregationalists, and the quine boys attended sunday school as well as the public schools. Willard van orman quine american philosopher britannica. The field is considered to be distinct from philosophical logic.
I am grateful to the editors of these seven periodicals and to the university of minnesota press for their kind permission to make this further. Quines system of axiomatic set theory, nf, takes its name from the title new foundations for mathematical logic of the 1937 article which introduced it quine 1937a. Now, retired to a beachside house i designed in the north island of nz, i continue to write philosophical articles for internet publication, teach philosophy to adult classes in the local community, and do what i can to promote humanitarian causes, world peace, international and. Mattey fall, 2005 philosophy 156 reaction to logical empiricism logical empiricism was not widely embraced in britain or the united states.
This doctrine was utilised by the positivists in an attempt to. Quine in notes on existence and necessity, the journal of philosophy, vol. Quine was a teacher of logic and set theory, who falls squarely into the analytic tradition. Logical positivism ran with humes analyticsynthetic distinction. Typically, a logic consists of a formal or informal language together with a deductive system andor a modeltheoretic semantics.
Times literary supplement by virtue of intellectual power, range and fertility of ideas and brilliance of presentation, quine is the most distinguished and influential of living philosophers. Incorporating updated notations, selective answers to exercises, expanded treatment of natural deduction, and new discussions of predicatefunctor logic and the affinities between higher set theory and the elementary logic of terms, w. They include reflections on the nature of logic and its relevance for philosophy today, and explore in depth developments in informal logic and the relation of informal to symbolic logic, mathematical metatheory and the limiting metatheorems, modal logic, manyvalued logic, relevance and. He made significant contributions to many areas of philosophy, including philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mindpsychology behaviorism. Selected logic papers, long out of print and now reissued with. This widely used textbook of modern formal logic now offers a number of new features. Much of philosophy of logic is about the sort of ideas that should be included in university logic texts, but arent churchs 1956 text, is an exception to this sweeping assessment, surprising because written by a mathematician. Logic and philosophy of logic direct download 2 more. Rather, in presenting a general theory of grammar and discussing the boundaries and possible extensions of logic, quine argues that logic is not a mere matter of words. Quine, a logician and harvard philosophy professor whose analysis of language and its relation to reality made him one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, died on. Patrick suppes, introduction to logic dover, 1999 richard c.
Quine, new foundations, and the philosophy of set theory. Steps toward a constructive nominalism nelson goodman. Willard van orman quine published books page by douglas. Philosophy of logic philosophy of logic quine discuss logic as a branch of philosophy discuss the notion that logic is the foundation of philosophy explaining how it under pins critical discuss the notion that logic is the foundation of philosophy explaining how it under pins critical hegel. In philosophy of mathematics, he and his harvard colleague hilary putnam developed the quine putnam indispensability. June 25, 1908 december 25, 2000 was an american philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. After 31 years in canada, 23 of them residing in whistler, i returned to the country of my birth. Are quines methods of logic and set theory and its. This introduction to philosophy and logic chapter features easytounderstand lessons that cover the branches of philosophy and role of.
The philosophy of inductive logic, however, would be in no way distinguishable from philosophy s main stem, the the ory of knowledge. Philosophy of logic problems of ontology britannica. Philosophy of logic, the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the nature and types of logic, including problems in the field and the relation of logic to mathematics, computer science, the empirical sciences, and human disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, law, and education. Logic and the philosophy of science princeton university.
He made significant contributions to many areas of philosophy, including philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy. Publication date 1970 topics philosophy, logic, philosophie, logique, argumentatieleer, logica. He is perhaps best known for his arguments against logical empiricism in particular, against its use of the analyticsynthetic distinction. Quine harvard university press cambridge, massachuset. British philosophers were more attracted to ordinarylanguage philosophy. Philosophy, the american mathematical monthly, the journul of symbolsic logic, the proceedings of the american academy oj arts and sciences, and philosophical studies. Willard van orman quine stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Philosophy of logic is the investigation, critical analysis and intellectual reflection on issues arising in logic. Quine s set theory, new foundations, has often been treated as an anomaly in the history and philosophy of set theory. Logical correspondence with russell 19371967 articles on other philosophers. Quines views on logic softened somewhat in later years. Perspectives on logic, science and philosophy 1994 twentiethcentury logic 1994 interview with quine 1994 there is always a further step 1998 ii. Quine 19082000 did not conceive of philosophy as an activity separate from the general province of empirical science.
In this book, sean morris shows that it is in fact wellmotivated, emerging in a natural way from the early development of set theory. Download citation quine, new foundations, and the philosophy of set theory cambridge core logic quine, new foundations, and the philosophy of set theory by sean morris find, read and. Philosophical logic is the branch of study that concerns questions about reference, predication, identity, truth, quantification. Quine presents logic as the product of two factors, truth and grammarbut argues against the doctrine that the logical truths are true because of grammar and discussing the boundaries and possible extensions of logic, quine argues that logic is not a mere matter of words. For fifty years, willard van orman quine s books and articles have stimulated intense debate in the fields of logic and the philosophy of language. The papers presented in this volume examine topics of central interest in contemporary philosophy of logic. The last four words of my title may seem redundant, since virtually all quine s philosophical writings, early and late, pertain directly or indirectly to logic, mathematics, or both.
Philosophical logic is the branch of study that concerns questions about reference, predication, identity, truth, quantification, existence, entailment. Stanford course logic in philosophy 2003d, and it will be the basis for a new textbook in philosophical logic. I must, for propriety sake admit that i havent take the opportunity to familiarise myself with both his mentioned positions. This is indeed easier and better organized than quine s other books. With customary incisiveness, quine presents logic as the product of truth and grammar but argues against the doctrine that the logical truths are true because of grammar or language. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Philosophy of logic philosophy of logic problems of ontology.
Quine s logic is the most careful and conservative. See philosophy of logic, chapters 6 and 7, and pursuit of truth, 6. From 1930 until his death 70 years later, quine was continually affiliated with harvard. The language has components that correspond to a part of a natural language like english or greek.
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