Scott Soames argued that this work depends on the idea that all a priori truths are also analytically true, while Strawson and Grice also notably critiqued this work. Midway through the first edition of this essay, the author notes that "But now we h
Scott Soames argued that this work depends on the idea that all a priori truths are also analytically true, while Strawson and Grice also notably critiqued this work. Midway through the first edition of this essay, the author notes that "But now we have abandoned the thought of any special realm of entities called meanings."This work borrows from Frege's example of a Morning and Evening star, and Russell's example of "Sir Walter Scott" and "The Author of Waverly" to explain the meaning of analytic naming and identity. One of the titular ideas of this work is the idea that each meaningful statement gets its meaning from some logical construction of terms that refers exclusively to immediate experience, or reductionism, and the other is the analytic-synthetic distinction.For ten points, identify this attack on logical positivism by W. V. O. Quine.
Scott Soames argued that this work depends on the idea that all a priori truths are also analytically true, while Strawson and Grice also notably critiqued this work.
{Two Dogmas} of {Empiricism}