Word and Object

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"Word and Object" is a seminal 1960 work of analytic philosophy by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on meaning, reference, and the indeterminacy of translation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophy book ⓘ
academicDiscipline cognitive science ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
author W.V.O. Quine ⓘ
Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ
centralClaim meaning is not determinate across translation manuals ⓘ
ontology is relative to a background theory ⓘ
reference is inscrutable relative to total theory ⓘ
semantic notions should be treated behavioristically ⓘ
there is no fact of the matter about a unique correct translation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes analytic–synthetic distinction ⓘ
developsConcept canonical notation ⓘ
indeterminacy of translation ⓘ
inscrutability of reference ⓘ
observation sentence ⓘ
occasion sentence ⓘ
ontological relativity ⓘ
radical translation ⓘ
regimentation of language ⓘ
stimulus meaning ⓘ
genre analytic philosophy ⓘ
hasEdition 1960 first edition ⓘ
hasPart chapter on ontological relativity ⓘ
chapter on radical translation ⓘ
discussion of observation sentences ⓘ
discussion of stimulus meaning ⓘ
influenced Daniel Dennett ⓘ
Donald Davidson ⓘ
Hilary Putnam ⓘ
analytic philosophy of language ⓘ
naturalized epistemology ⓘ
influencedBy behaviorism ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject epistemology ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
notableIdea there is no objective fact of the matter about reference assignments ⓘ
translation is underdetermined by all possible behavioral evidence ⓘ
philosophicalTradition naturalism ⓘ
naturalized epistemology ⓘ
publicationYear 1960 ⓘ
publisher John Wiley & Sons ⓘ
linked to: Wiley-Blackwell

MIT Press ⓘ
Technology Press of MIT ⓘ
linked to: MIT Press
relatedWork Ontological Relativity and Other Essays ⓘ
Two Dogmas of Empiricism ⓘ

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Two Dogmas of Empiricism → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
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Ontological Relativity and Other Essays → hasPart → Stimulus and Meaning ⓘ
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On What There Is → relatedWorkByAuthor → Word and Object ⓘ
subject linked to: “On What There Is”
Existence and Quantification → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
Speaking of Objects → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
Grades of Theoreticity → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
Reference and Modality → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
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The Problem of Meaning in Linguistics → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
Notes on the Theory of Reference → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
Designation and Existence → relatedWork → Word and Object ⓘ
On What There Is → relatedWorkOfAuthor → Word and Object ⓘ
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