Abstract

PAEZ, Andrés. Quine and classic pragmatism. discus.filos [online]. 2010, vol.11, n.16, pp.59-79. ISSN 0124-6127.

Quine has often been associated with the Pragmatists or at the very least his work has been found to be consonant with Pragmatism. In this essay I examine the relation between Quine's work and that of the classical pragmatists: Peirce, James, and Dewey. My study of Quine's writings will reveal several similarities with James' doctrine of the limits of experience, and at the same time it will bring to light significant differences with Dewey's naturalism and Peirce's Pragmatism. On balance, although there are some elements in common between the classical Pragmatists and Quine, it is not possible to assert that there ever was any interest on Quine's part to adopt the theses of the Pragmatists in order to develop them in novel directions.

Keywords : Quine; Pragmatism; Carnap; Naturalism.

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