From a Logical Point of View
by Willard Van Orman Quine · first published 1953
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This volume of essays has a unity and bears throughout the imprint of Quine's powerful and original mind. It is written with the felicity in the choice of words which makes everything that Quine writes a pleasure to read, and which ranks him among the best contemporary writers on abstract subjects.
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…Texts editions) Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations (terribly, terribly difficult, but very rewarding) A few contemporary things: Gilbert Ryle: The Concept of Mind Willard Van Orman Quine: From a Logical Point of View J. L. Mackie: Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong Thomas Nagel: Mortal Questions (short essays, well-written, very accessible) Bernard Williams: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy Michael Smith: The…
on “Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books?” ↗W. V. O. Quine was one of the most prominent American philosophers of the 20th century. There are several collections of his essays; I recommend "From a Logical Point of View".
on “Show HN: This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine” ↗Hard to say. Fiction: Anna Karenina. Recent fiction: The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha. Philosophy: From a Logical Point of View by W.V.O. Quine, a collection of concise essays. Or Naming and Necessity by Saul Kripke. Or Being and Logos by John Sallis. For some reason, I didn't get around to reading new (to me) history this year.…
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