Quine’s Metametaphysics

Egerton, Karl

Abstract

W. V. Quine stands out as one of the foremost figures of twentieth-century analytic philosophy. This chapter argues that a significant part of his works’ enduring value lies in its contribution to metametaphysics, including how some more contentious aspects of Quine’s thought are indispensable to it; I problematise the widespread belief that one can isolate basic elements of Quine’s metametaphysics without eroding their warrant.

Citation

Egerton, K. (2020). Quine’s Metametaphysics. In R. Bliss, & J. Miller (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics (49-60). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315112596-4

• Online Publication Date: Jul 14, 2020
• Publication Date: Jul 14, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jul 30, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 15, 2022
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Pages: 49-60
• Book Title: The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics
• Chapter Number: 4
• ISBN: 9781138082250
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315112596-4
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5483642
• Publisher URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315112596-4/quine-metametaphysics-karl-egerton
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics on 14 July 2020 , available online: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Metametaphysics/Bliss-Miller/p/book/9781138082250