Through the first half of the twentieth century, analytic
philosophy was dominated by Russell, Wittgenstein, and Carnap.
Influenced by Russell and especially by Carnap, another towering
figure, Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) emerged as the most
important proponent of analytic philosophy during the second half
of the century. Yet with twenty-three books and countless articles
to his credit-including, most famously, Word and Object and "Two
Dogmas of Empiricism"-Quine remained a philosopher's philosopher,
largely unknown to the general public. Quintessence for the first
time collects Quine's classic essays (such as "Two Dogmas" and "On
What There Is") in one volume-and thus offers readers a much-needed
introduction to his general philosophy. Divided into six parts, the
thirty-five selections take up analyticity and reductionism; the
indeterminacy of translation of theoretical sentences and the
inscrutability of reference; ontology; naturalized epistemology;
philosophy of mind; and extensionalism. Representative of Quine at
his best, these readings are fundamental not only to an
appreciation of the philosopher and his work, but also to an
understanding of the philosophical tradition that he so materially
advanced.
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