Quine expresses a position on understanding expressions that is pure Wittgenstein. Christopher Hookway expresses Quine’s and Wittgenstei...

It could be said that if a foundationalist believes that “basic beliefs are about observable physical objects” (e.g., “there’s a dog”), ...

Causal conditions in and of themselves can't give us justifications for a belief. They can, however, determine the nature of belief....

In the Cartesian tradition, the mind’s autonomy was of paramount importance. All we need to do, essentially, is get our internal working...

Hilary Putnam (in this work) isn't talking about what words mean when taken separately from what he calls ‘interpretation’. He isn...