Quine in Dialogue

Over the course of his life, W. V. Quine, one of the twentieth century's great philosophers, engaged and inspired, interviewed and critiqued countless scholars, critics, and students. The qualities that distinguished him in any discussion are on clear display in this volume, which features him in dialogue with his predecessors and peers, his critics and students. The volume begins with a number of interviews Quine gave about his perspectives on twentieth-century logic, science and philosophy, the ideas of others, and philosophy generally. Also included are his most important articles, reviews, and comments on other philosophers, from Rudolf Carnap to P. F. Strawson. The book, which contains many previously unpublished manuscripts, concludes with a selection of small pieces, written for a broader public, that give a glimpse of the philosopher's wide interests, his sense of humor, and his warm relations to friends. The result is a wide-ranging, in-depth, and finely nuanced portrait of the humanity underlying this great twentieth-century thinker's philosophy. I Interviews -- 1 The Ideas Of Quine (1978) / Bryan Magee 5 -- 2 The Interview: Willard Van Orman Quine (1985) / D.c. Denison 18 -- 3 Quine Speaks His Mind: Interview With Willard Van Orman Quine (1988) / Edo Pivcevic 21 -- 4 Philosophy (1993) / Steven Vita 30 -- 5 W.v. Quine: Perspectives On Logic, Science, And Philosophy (1994) / Bradley Edmister, Michael O'shea 43 -- 6 Twentieth-century Logic (1994) / Giovanna Borradori 57 -- 7 Interview With Willard Van Orman Quine (1994) / Lars Bergstrom, Dagfinn Follesdal 69 -- 8 There Is Always A Further Step (1998) / Olaf Brill 82 -- Ii Quine On Other Philosophers -- Correspondence -- 9 Logical Correspondence With Russell (1937-1967) 103 -- Articles -- 10 Thoughts On Reading Father Owens (1967) 115 -- 11 Carnap's Positivistic Travail (1984) 119 -- 12 Events And Reification (1985) 129 -- 13 Carnap (1987) 142 -- 14 Charles Sanders Peirce (1989) 146 -- 15 Let Me Accentuate The Positive (1990) 149 -- 16 Exchange Between Donald Davidson And W.v. Quine Following Davidson's Lecture (1994) 152 -- 17 Foreword To Kurt Godel, Unpublished Philosophical Essays (1994) 157 -- 18 Where Do We Disagree? (1999) 159 -- 19 Review Of Rudolf Carnap's Logische Syntax Der Sprache (1935) 169 -- 20 Probability. Review Of Harold Jeffreys's Scientific Inference (1937) 173 -- 21 Review Of Nelson Goodman's Structure Of Appearance (1951) 176 -- 22 Review Of Peter Thomas Geach's Reference And Generality (1964) 184 -- 23 Review Of Imre Lakatos's Proofs And Refutations (1977) 189 -- 24 Review Of Derek Bickerton's Roots Of Language (1983) 192 -- 25 Review Of Charles Parsons's Mathematics In Philosophy (1984) 194 -- 26 Four Hot Questions In Philosophy. Review Of P.f. Strawson's Skepticism And Naturalism (1985) 206 -- Responses -- 27 Replies To Professor Riska's Eight Questions (1992) 213 -- 28 Comments On Neil Tennant's Carnap And Quine (1994) 216 -- 29 Responses To Articles By Abel, Bergstrom, Davidson, Dreben, Gibson, Hookway, And Prawitz (1994) 223 -- 30 Reactions (1995) 235 -- 31 Responses To Essays By Smart, Orenstein, Lewis And Holdcroft, And Haack (1997) 251 -- 32 Response To Leemon Mchenry (1997) 257 -- 33 Responses To Szubka, Lehrer, Bergstrom, Gibson, Miscevic, And Orenstein (1999) 259 -- Iii Popular Pieces -- 34 Introducing Piaget (1960) 271 -- 35 Mind/body Problem (1963) 273 -- 36 Magna Carta (1963) 275 -- 37 On The Map (1964) 278 -- 38 Charting The World (1965) 280 -- 39 Words Enough (1969) 285 -- 40 Skinner Retirement Party (1974) 291 -- 41 A Letter To Mr. Ostermann (1975) 293 -- 42 Farewell Thanks At Villa Serbelloni, Italy (1975) 297 -- 43 Introducing Church (1975) 298 -- 44 Introducing Dummett (1976) 300 -- 45 Introducing Campbell (1977) 301 -- 46 Knights And Knaves. Review Of Smullyan's What Is The Name Of This Book? (1978) 303 -- 47 Introduction To Gail Caldwell Stine Memorial Lecture (1980) 306 -- 48 What I Believe (1984) 307 -- 49 Sticks And Stones; Or, The Ins And Outs Of Existence (1984) 312 -- 50 Introducing Kripke (1984) 325 -- 51 Jean Van Heijenoort Memorial (1986) 327 -- 52 Books That Mattered To Me (1986) 328 -- 53 To A Graduate Student In Philosophy (1988) 330 -- 54 Life Is Agid (1988) 333 -- 55 Words Are All We Have To Go On (on Philosophers' Concern With Language) (1992) 334 -- 56 Hobbling The Hawkers (1992) 340 -- 57 Introducing Shepard (1994) 342 -- 58 In Memory Of John Finley (1995) 344 -- 59 Quine /'kwain/, Willard Van Orman (b. 1908) (1996) 346 -- 60 Acceptance Speech For Kyoto Prize In Creative Arts And Moral Sciences (1996) 349 -- 61 Tidy Parsimony (1996) 351 -- 62 Advice To The Next Generation (2002) 358 -- 63 Farewell To Me (1978) 359. W.v. Quine ; Edited By Dagfinn Føllesdal, Douglas B. Quine. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Quine was one of the 20th century’s great philosophers. This volume begins with a number of interviews Quine gave about his perspectives on 20th-century logic, science and philosophy, the ideas of others, and philosophy generally. Also included are his most important articles, reviews, and comments on other philosophers, from Carnap to Strawson.