Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality

Glock, Hans‐Johann

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511487514

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“…It simply recapitulates an explanation of what it is for something to be one meter long (namely to be that + length). Popper, just like Carnap, Davidson, Quine and others (see Glock 2003;Hacker 1996;Schroeder 2006) mistakenly thinks that there is a relation (likeness, similarity) between the object and the defining sample. But when we apply a rule and use a sample as standard of comparison (the standard meter or a tomato for red), then the result of the application of the rule ('the length of the stick is one meter' and 'the object is red') is not that the sample and the object share a common property.…”

Section: Popper's Alternative Viewmentioning

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Popper and Wittgenstein on the Metaphysics of Experience

Smit

2015

J Gen Philos Sci

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In the Tractatus Wittgenstein argued that there are metaphysical truths. But these are ineffable, for metaphysical sentences try to say what can only be shown. Accordingly, they are pseudo-propositions because they are ill-formed. In the Investigations he no longer thought that metaphysical propositions are pseudo-propositions, but argued that they are either nonsense or norms of descriptions. Popper criticized Wittgenstein's ideas and argued that metaphysical truths are effable. Yet it is by now clear that he misunderstood Wittgenstein's arguments (namely that metaphysical propositions are ill-formed because they employ unbound variables) and misguidedly thought that Wittgenstein used the principle of verification for distinguishing empirical propositions from metaphysical propositions. Because Popper developed his philosophy in part as a critique of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this invites the question of whether these misunderstandings have consequences for his own philosophy. I discuss this question and argue that Popper's attempt to distinguish metaphysics and science with the aid of a criterion of testability is from Wittgenstein's perspective misguided. The main problem facing Popper's philosophy is that alleged metaphysical propositions are not theoretical propositions but rules for descriptions (in the misleading guise of empirical propositions). If Wittgenstein's ideas are correct, then metaphysical problems are not scientific but grammatical problems which can only be resolved through conceptual investigations.

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Section: Popper's Alternative Viewmentioning

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Popper and Wittgenstein on the Metaphysics of Experience

Smit

2015

J Gen Philos Sci

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“…Glock (2003) destacou que as regras da linguagem devem ser compartilhadas entre os falantes. Para que uma comunicação seja efetiva, é importante que os falantes escolham e usem as mesmas palavras para um determinado significado (Diesendruck, 2005).…”

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Convencionalidade na aquisição de verbos: estudo comparativo das análises dicotômicas e contínuas

Rodrigues

Tonietto

Sperb

et al. 2012

Psic.: Teor. e Pesq.

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rEsumo -A convencionalidade é um princípio pragmático da aquisição lexical que possibilita a adequação das palavras ao contexto. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar dois tipos de análise -dicotômica e contínua -da convencionalidade dos verbos, obtidos por meio de uma tarefa de nomeação de ações composta por 17 vídeos breves, aplicada a 37 crianças com idades entre 2:0 e 3:0 e 43 crianças entre 3:1 e 4:5. Foram comparadas duas análises: (1) dicotômica -verbos classificados como não convencionais ou convencionais; e (2) contínua -escores entre 1 e 5, obtidos por escala likert. Os resultados mostraram que as duas formas de análise diferenciam os grupos etários, embora a análise contínua apresente vantagens, revelando mais detalhes do desenvolvimento do léxico de verbos.Palavras-chave: convencionalidade; aquisição lexical; verbos; crianças; escala Likert. Conventionality in Verb Acquisition: A Comparative study of Dichotomic and Continuous AnalysisABsTrACT -Conventionality is a pragmatic principle of lexical acquisition which makes the adequacy of words to the context possible. The aim of this study was to compare dichotomic and continuous analysis in the classification of this pragmatic principle. The data were obtained by an actions naming task composed of 17 brief videos, applied to 37 children aged between 2:0 and 3:0 and 43 children aged between 3:1 and 4:5. Two analyses were compared: (1) dichotomic -verbs classified as non conventional or conventional; and (2) continuous, scores between 1 and 5, obtained using a Likert scale. The results showed that the two kinds of analysis distinguish the age groups, although the continuous analysis presents advantages, revealing more details about the verbs lexical development.Keywords: conventionality; lexical acquisition; verbs; children; Likert scale. No contexto da aquisição lexical, vários são os métodos de investigação do desenvolvimento da linguagem nas crianças, como check lists, registros de falas espontâneas ou dirigidas a priori, situações de narrativas, com ou sem imagens, e tarefas de nomeação. É bastante conhecido o fato que a diversidade de situações das tarefas pode produzir diferentes resultados (por exemplo, Tardif, Gelman & Xu, 1999). Entretanto, o viés produzido pela forma de classificação das respostas infantis tem sido menos explorado.Nas tarefas de nomeação de figuras e de ações, frequentemente o critério utilizado para classificar as respostas das crianças é a análise dicotômica do tipo certo ou errado. Por si só, este critério apresenta dificuldades, pois uma mesma representação figurativa pode ser nomeada de diferentes formas, por exemplo, um animal de quatro patas pode ser nomeado como cão, animal, pastor alemão ou Totó, sem deixar de ser uma forma adequada de nomeação no contexto em que foi dita.Estudos de Clark (1988) e Duvignau (2003) sugerem que, no período de aquisição do léxico, a forma de avaliação das respostas infantis deve considerar uma estratégia frequente, denominada "aproximação semântica", definida como uma forma alternativa utili...

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“…Although recent critics have sought to bring Quine and Davidson together under a variety of umbrellas (including naturalism [Ramberg, 2001] and logical pragmatism [Glock, 2003]), I believe doing so only obscures the source of their disagreement. My choice to call Davidson's approach to philosophy "humanist" will become clear in the course of my argument.…”

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Distinguishing WV Quine and Donald Davidson

Pearson

2011

JHAP

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Given W.V. Quine’s and Donald Davidson’s extensive agreement about much of the philosophy of language and mind, and the obvious methodological parallels between Quine’s radical translation and Davidson’s radical interpretation, many—including Quine and Davidson—are puzzled by their occasional disagreements. I argue for the importance of attending to these disagreements, not just because doing so deepens our understanding of these influential thinkers, but because they are in fact the shadows thrown from two distinct conceptions of philosophical inquiry: Quine’s “naturalism” and what I call Davidson’s “humanism.” The clash between Quine and Davidson thus provides valuable insight into the history of analytic naturalism and its malcontents

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Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality

Cited by 135 publications

References 79 publications

Popper and Wittgenstein on the Metaphysics of Experience

Popper and Wittgenstein on the Metaphysics of Experience

Convencionalidade na aquisição de verbos: estudo comparativo das análises dicotômicas e contínuas

Distinguishing WV Quine and Donald Davidson

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