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| Empirical content: Empirical content in philosophy is the information and knowledge that comes from experience and observation. See also Conceptual content, Content, Propositional knowledge, Knowledge, Belief objects, Thought objects, Empiricism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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W.V.O. Quine on Empirical Content - Dictionary of Arguments
Quine II 39 ff Empirical content are categorical observation sentences: they are linking theory and observation. Two theories are equivalent if all categorical observation sentences are identical. The theory implies categorical observation sentences without being implied by them. Theoretical terms do not occur in categorical observation sentences. >Observation Sentences/Quine. II 43 Nevertheless, science cannot get along without the indication of places and points of time. But we have pushed them up into the realm of theoretical concepts, where they belong, at a comfortable distance from observation. This is another step forward in relating theory to their sensory evidence. The relationship is that true categorical observation sets are implied by the theory formulation. And how do we know that a categorical observation is true? We will never get to this end conclusively by observation! But we can falsify. VI 22 Empirical content/Quine: empirical content is something common to sentences, and even mathematical sentences indirectly participate in it. VI 23/24 Def testable/Quine: a sentence or a sentence set is testable if it implies some categorical observational sentences that are synthetic. (It can also be possible to check individual sentences, but mostly considerable quantities of sentences. Holism imposes this burden on us, >Holism/Quine). Def synonymous/Quine: two categorical observation sentences are synonymous if each of the components concerned have the same stimulus significance. Def Empirical Content/Quine: the set of all synthetic categorical observation sentences implied by this sentence. (For a single speaker). They are equivalent for the community if they are equivalent for each individual speaker. Content only applies to sentences and sentence quantities that can be checked. VI 24/25 Science/Review/Quine: a large part of science is shielded from unreal conditional propositions or dispositions from simple experience tests by excuses such as vagueness. VI 75 Indeterminacy/Logic/Logical Connectives/Translation/Meaning/Quine: in fact, translations down to the categorical observational sentences and even the connectives have a certain determination. However, only verifiable sentences have empirical content. XI 27 Empirical Content/Quine/Lauener: no isolated sentence can be attributed a clear empirical content because of the resolution of the separation analytical/synthetic. Only the totality of science makes sense. Cf. >Content._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Quine I W.V.O. Quine Word and Object, Cambridge/MA 1960 German Edition: Wort und Gegenstand Stuttgart 1980 Quine II W.V.O. Quine Theories and Things, Cambridge/MA 1986 German Edition: Theorien und Dinge Frankfurt 1985 Quine III W.V.O. Quine Methods of Logic, 4th edition Cambridge/MA 1982 German Edition: Grundzüge der Logik Frankfurt 1978 Quine V W.V.O. Quine The Roots of Reference, La Salle/Illinois 1974 German Edition: Die Wurzeln der Referenz Frankfurt 1989 Quine VI W.V.O. Quine Pursuit of Truth, Cambridge/MA 1992 German Edition: Unterwegs zur Wahrheit Paderborn 1995 Quine VII W.V.O. Quine From a logical point of view Cambridge, Mass. 1953 Quine VII (a) W. V. A. Quine On what there is In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (b) W. V. A. Quine Two dogmas of empiricism In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (c) W. V. A. Quine The problem of meaning in linguistics In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (d) W. V. A. Quine Identity, ostension and hypostasis In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (e) W. V. A. Quine New foundations for mathematical logic In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (f) W. V. A. Quine Logic and the reification of universals In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (g) W. V. A. Quine Notes on the theory of reference In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (h) W. V. A. Quine Reference and modality In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VII (i) W. V. A. Quine Meaning and existential inference In From a Logical Point of View, , Cambridge, MA 1953 Quine VIII W.V.O. Quine Designation and Existence, in: The Journal of Philosophy 36 (1939) German Edition: Bezeichnung und Referenz In Zur Philosophie der idealen Sprache, J. Sinnreich (Hg), München 1982 Quine IX W.V.O. Quine Set Theory and its Logic, Cambridge/MA 1963 German Edition: Mengenlehre und ihre Logik Wiesbaden 1967 Quine X W.V.O. Quine The Philosophy of Logic, Cambridge/MA 1970, 1986 German Edition: Philosophie der Logik Bamberg 2005 Quine XII W.V.O. Quine Ontological Relativity and Other Essays, New York 1969 German Edition: Ontologische Relativität Frankfurt 2003 Quine XIII Willard Van Orman Quine Quiddities Cambridge/London 1987 |
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