Language and Philosophical Problems

The Leopard Does Not Change Its Spots: Naturalism and the Argument against Methodological Pluralism in the Sciences

“…This contextualization requires the very understanding of rules, norms, and concepts that Winch argued for. It is in light of this consideration that S ö ren Stenlund (1990) detects an incoherence at the very heart of Quine's infl uential thesis. Stenlund argues that if one takes Quine's empiricism seriously, then speaking of an "indeterminacy of translation" is already saying too much, for such a position requires candidate descriptions for translation.…”

Wittgenstein on Mathematical Identities

“…Despite important monographs on the theme, such as(WRIGHT, 1980),(SHANKER, 1987),(STENLUND, 1990),(FRASCOLLA, 1994) and(MARION, 2008).…”