Quine's Logistical Approach to Ontology

W. V. O. Quine, A Logistical Approach to the Ontological Problem, The Analytic Tradition, Spring 2017

[okzoia]

Daniel:
I wrote my dissertation on Quine's naturalized epistemology and I am familiar with most of his work, and I have to say that your account of his philosophy is the best I have seen, especially for undergraduates. I can tell that you not only know your stuff, but that you love what you are doing, and the students are really engaged. I wish my lectures on Quine were as accurate, entertaining and clear as yours are. Keep it up!
Rick

[annieandre]

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Whoever is marking my essay will undoubtedly thank you aswell <3

[jrrr]

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[Wingedmagician]

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[KayBeeJay]

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[die_schlechtere_Milch]

thank you for uploading these lectures!

[darrellee]

The question is science is can I measure it? Science advances by developing new and better ways of measuring. How do we measure roundness?

[websurfer]

What minimum factors are essential for something to exist?? Would be substance and accidents for instance?? A clock has accidents it’s physical properties what it looks like and sounds like?? But what it is, it’s being a clock is independent of its accidents?? There are square clocks!! So, being a clock is it’s substance!! But, a pure substance devoid of accidents would be a pure spirit?? A non-physical entity has no accidents or physical properties?? And pure accidents without a substance might be possible if substance is actually an idea?? If substance was ultimately a phenomenological label we place on things?? Like a clock is a clock because we use clocks to tell time?? On the other hand if substance is actually the what a thing is regardless of what we deem it to be?? In that case it would be impossible for accidents to exist without a substance!!

[humeanrgmnt]

for some x that exists (pebbles) X have roundness.