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Quine and Tarski on nominalism| old_uid | 4886 |
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| title | Quine and Tarski on nominalism |
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| start_date | 2008/05/22 |
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| schedule | 11h-13h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Quine and Tarski were kindred philosophical spirits. They rejected the analytic/synthetic distinction and shared a strong distaste for modal notions. Moreover, both had nominalistic leanings. In this talk I trace the nominalistic engagement of these two giants of contemporary analytic philosophy. Using recently discovered materials from the Quine archive at Harvard, I begin by describing Quine's engagement with nominalism up to 1940. I will then summarize the impact of the 1940-1941 discussions on nominalism between Carnap, Quine and Tarski and mention their influence on Goodman. The third part of the talk will be on Quine's allegiance to nominalism and his subsequent reluctant acceptance of Platonism. The fourth part of the talk will then focus on Tarski's defense of nominalism in Amersfoort in 1953. Finally, I will compare Quine's and Tarski's approaches to nominalism with some contemporary nominalistic programs (Field, Hellman etc.) |
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| responsibles | Barberousse, Tessier Cardon |
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