Words and Objections Essays on the Work of W. V. Quine
It is gratifying to see that philosophers' continued interest in Words and Objections has been so strong as to motivate a paperback edition. This is gratifying because it vindicates the editors' belief in the permanent im portance of Quine's philosophy a
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY MONOGRAPHS ON EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND OF KNOWLEDGE, AND ON THE MA THEM A TICAL METHODS OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Managing Editor:
J AAKKO
HINTIKKA,
Academy of Finland and Stanford University
Editors: ROBER T S. COHEN, DONALD DA VIDSON,
Boston University
Rockefeller University and Princeton University
GABRIEL NUCHELMANS, WESLEY C. SALMON,
University of Leyden
University of Arizona
VOLUME 21
WORDS AND OBJECTIONS Essays on the Work of
w.
V. Quine
Edited by
DONALD DAVIDSON Princeton University
and
JAAKKO HINTIKKA University of Helsinki and Stanford University
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT-HOLLAND / BOSTON-U.S.A.
Firsl published 1969 Revised ediliQn 1975
ISBN-13: 978-90-277-0602-7 001: 101007/978-94-010-1709-1
c- ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1709-1
1tl 1969. O. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrccht, Holland Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1 sledition 1969 No pan of (his book may be reproduced in any form, by print. pholoprinl. microfilm, or any olher means. without wrinen permission from the publisher
PREFACE
It is gratifying to see that philosophers' continued interest in Words and Objections has been so strong as to motivate a paperback edition. This is gratifying because it vindicates the editors' belief in the permanent importance of Quine's philosophy and in the value of the papers commenting on it which were collected in our volume. Apart from a couple of small corrections, only one change has been made. The list of Professor Quine's writings has been brought up to date. The editors cannot claim any credit for this improvement, however. We have not tried to imitate the Library of Living Philosophers volumes and to include Professor Quine's autobiography in this volume, but we are fortunate to publish here his brand-new auto bibliography. 1975
THE EDITORS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
V
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
1
Quine's Philosophy of Science
3
An Introduction to 'Translation and Meaning', Chapter Two of Word and Object
14
1. 1. C. SMAR T /
GILBERT HARMAN /
ERIK STENIUS /
27
Beginning with Ordinary Things
NOAM CHOMSKY /
1AAKKO HINTIKKA / BARRY STROUD /
53
Quine's Empirical Assumptions
69
Behavioral Criteria of Radical Translation
Conventionalism and the Indeterminacy of
82
Translation P. F. STRA WSON / H.P. GRICE / P. T. GEACH /
97
Singular Terms and Predication
Vacuous Names Quine's Syntactical Insights
DONALD DAVIDSON /
On Saying That
DAGFINN F0LLESDAL / WILFRID SELLARS /
Quine on Modality
Some Problems about Belief
118 146 158 175 186
DA VID KAPLAN /
Quantifying In
206
GEORGE BERRY /
Logic with Platonism
243
On the Consistency of a Slight (1) Modification of Quine's New Foundations
RONALD B10RN 1ENSEN /
278
w. V. QUINE / Replies
292
PUBLICA TrONS OF W. V. QUINE
353 VII
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
In the philosophical literature of the last decade few if any works contain a greater wealth of ideas or pose more important problems than Professor W. V. Quine's Word
