Survey of the relations between three theses of Quine's "Two Dogmas"

Subject Areas : Epistemological researches

Ziya Movahed ¹ , Hosein Shaqaqi ²

1 - استاد فلسفه و منطق مؤسسه پژوهشی حکمت و فلسفه ایران
2 - دکترای فلسفه از مؤسسه پژوهشی حکمت و فلسفه

Received: 2015-06-13 Accepted : 2015-09-01 Published : 2015-09-23

Keywords: Epistemological holism, Meaning holism, Rejection of the nalytic-synthetic distinction, Meaning atomism,

Abstract :

This article is focused on Quine's "Two dogmas of empiricism".  We discuss about his holism.His holism has two aspects: epistemological holism (EH) and meaning holism (MH). The third thesis that we discuss about is "Rejection of the analytic–synthetic distinction" (RASD). Fodor & Lepore (1993) have not opposed EH and RASD, but they claim: a)                  RASD is a premise for EH argument. b)                  Although Quine's EH is regarded as a premise for his MH argument, but this argument is not defensible. On the other hand, Okasha (2000) and Becker (2001) show: (a)                Quine's EH is a premise for his RASD argument. (b)               The inference of MH from EH is defensible. At this article: (a) both claims of Fodor and Lepore, have been rejected and defended of the claims of Okasha and Becker, and (b) added a claim: RASD and MH (the both is based on EH) are the same, in fact, they are one thesis.  

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