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Chapter 6 - Whose Dogmas of Empiricism?

from Part II - Carnap, Quine, and American Pragmatism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2023

By
Lydia Patton
Edited by
Sean Morris
Sean Morris
Affiliation:
Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Summary

It has become a commonplace that Carnap is the lead empiricist in Quines Two Dogmas of Empiricism. Recent work by Richard Creath, Robert Sinclair, and others stirs up this comfortable narrative, pointing to broader areas of agreement between Quine and Carnap, including Quines positive assessment of the Logische Syntax in his Lectures on Carnap, and the influence of pragmatism on both.  Following a hint from a colleague, I investigate whether at least some strains of empiricism that Quine rejects in Two Dogmas belong to Quines mentor, C. I. Lewis, instead. The paper assesses the philosophical and historical consequences of reading Two Dogmas in this way.

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Rudolf CarnapW.V. QuineC.I. LewisHistory of Analytic PhilosophyPragmatismAnalytic/Synthetic
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The Philosophical Project of Carnap and Quine , pp. 114 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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