Some notes on neurath's ship and quine's sailors

Vol 7, No 1-2 (2003) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology

Autor: Eduardo Rabossi

Abstract:

This paper is intended as a set of notes on the philosophical use of meta-phors, similes, analogies, and the like (Part I), the analysis of Neurath-Quine’s famous nautical metaphor (Part II), and a discussion of Quine’s views concerning the revisability of beliefs, common sense convictions, and the Continuity Thesis (Part III).

ISSN: 1414-4217

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/14799/13509

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