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Quine's Ontological Relativity
In Steven D. Hales (ed.), A Companion to Relativism. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 588–603 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Abstract Introduction The Inscrutability of Objectual Reference Empiricism, Naturalism, and Provincialism References.
the Inscrutability of Objectual Reference the linguist engaged in radical translation faces a daunting task “undetached rabbit part” Empiricism, Naturalism, and Provincialism initially at least, a discouraging, even demoralizing, result These pragmatic reasons for adopting an ontology “been beaten into an outward conformity to an outward standard” “Ontology recapitulates philology” Quine idealizes the language ‐ learning scenario scenarios are unlike, however, in respects that make a comparatively
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