Many philosophers criticise both Quine and Rorty for not taking "scepticism seriously" (187). John Searle, an ‘external reali...

John Searle argues that there are indeed normative facts and he applies this position to his ontology of social reality, which is set wi...

It's often said that analytic philosophy is essentially ‘piecemeal’ in approach and is therefore highly suspicious of not just...

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”), ...