TY - JOUR
T1 - On quine on philosophical analysis
AU - Buzaglo, Meir
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Philosophical analysis is for Quine the replacement of a defective expression by another, sound expression, which performs the same work. In general, then, an analysis consists of two stages: (a) identifying the work that a defective expression performs, and (b) imbedding it in a safe domain. In this essay I argue that Quine's view does not truly reflect what we do in philosophy. The problem, I think, lies in both stages (a) and (b), but stems from Quine's assumption that we can control the work perforated by language.
AB - Philosophical analysis is for Quine the replacement of a defective expression by another, sound expression, which performs the same work. In general, then, an analysis consists of two stages: (a) identifying the work that a defective expression performs, and (b) imbedding it in a safe domain. In this essay I argue that Quine's view does not truly reflect what we do in philosophy. The problem, I think, lies in both stages (a) and (b), but stems from Quine's assumption that we can control the work perforated by language.
KW - Definition
KW - Essence
KW - Philosophical analysis/explication
KW - Quine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34248736059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-9973.00250
DO - 10.1111/1467-9973.00250
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AN - SCOPUS:34248736059
SN - 0026-1068
VL - 33
SP - 587
EP - 596
JO - Metaphilosophy
JF - Metaphilosophy
IS - 5
ER -