W.V.O.Quine

Alex Orenstein is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

• Preface 1. Introduction 2. Expressing an ontology 3. Deciding an ontology 4. The spectre of a priori knowledge 5. The nature of logic 6. Analyticity and indeterminacy 7. Intensional contexts 8. Nature, know thyself Notes Bibliography Index

"A valuable contribution to the literature, a book that will be useful to students, and helpful to their teachers too in providing a clear exposition of how the different themes in Quine's writings hang together, and in taking account of the development of his views, including the twists that emerged only in his last decade." - Philosophical Quarterly "An outstanding account of Quine's thought." - A. C. Grayling, Birkbeck College, University of London "A good textbook but also a contribution to Quine scholarship. Written at a suitable level [to] all philosophy majors and beginning graduate students, the book is well organised, precise, easy to follow and includes good examples." - Dagfinn Follesdal, Oslo University