2012•Journal of Changsha University of Science & TechnologyRequires access
Quine,Empiricism and Pragmatism
Yang Ling
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Abstract
This paper describes how Quine's naturalism was developed from his persistent and enlightened adherence to the philosophical tradition of empiricism,and his naturalism as a result of his adherence to the tradition.It also presents the huge differences between Quine and the card-carrying pragmatists on the views of truth and of scientific culture.It concludes that Quine is a well-deserved empiricist due to his distinguished contributions,while pragmatism is an inadequate and misleading label.