Quine in Dialogue

摘要

[...] the editors have succeeded in selecting pieces that bring new emphasis and greater detail to certain aspects of Quine's views - how he sees himself differing from Davidson, how he feels Rorty has misread him, the evolution of the notions of observation sentence, stimulus meaning, and analyticity. What I Believe from 1984 opens in Democritean voice: The world is a multitude of minute twitches in the void, and closes with Quine's thoughts on morals and the future of man, including an environmentalist warning, and the hopeful promise of endless inquiry for young people athirst for knowledge.