Understanding Quine's Theses of Indeterminacy
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Description: Long article by Nick Bostrom on Quine's thesis.
Indeterminacy of translation and the problem of explicating meaning UNDERSTANDING QUINE'S THESES OF INDETERMINACY [Note: This is a very old paper of mine. Why not The state of the art as regards the thesis of indeterminacy of translation is as follows. Very much has been said about it, most of which is based on misunderstandings. No satisfactory formulation of the thesis has been presented. No good argument has been given in favour of the thesis. No good argument has been advanced against it.
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| Page title: | Indeterminacy of translation and the problem of explicating meaning |
| Keywords: | Quine, meaning, reference, indeterminacy of translation, indeterminacy of reference, inscrutability of reference |
| Description: | "What does Quine's thesis of indeterminacy of translation really say? How are we to make sense of it? |
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