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Páez, A. (2010). Quine and classic pragmatism. Discusiones Filosóficas, 11(16), 59–79. Retrieved from https://revistasojs.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php/discusionesfilosoficas/article/view/546
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Quine has often been associated with the Pragmatists or at the very least his work has been found to be consonant with Pragmatism. In this essay I examine the relation between Quine's work and that of the classical pragmatists: Peirce, James, and Dewey. My study of Quine's writings will reveal several similarities with James' doctrine of the limits of experience, and at the same time it will bring to light significant differences with Dewey's naturalism and Peirce's Pragmatism. On balance, although there are some elements in common between the classical Pragmatists and Quine, it is not possible to assert that there ever was any interest on Quine's part to adopt the theses of the Pragmatists in order to develop them in novel directions.
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________. (1953a). Two Dogmas of Empiricism. En: From a Logical Point of View. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
________. (1953b). Reference and Modality. En: From a Logical Point of View. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
________. (1953c). Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis. En: From a Logical Point of View. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
________. (1960). Word and Object. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
________. (1969a). Natural Kinds. En: Ontological Relativity & Other Essays. New York: Columbia University Press.
________. (1969b). Preface to Ontological Relativity & Other Essays. New York: Columbia University Press.
________. (1976). Homage to Rudolph Carnap. En: Ways of Paradox. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
________. (1981). Things and Their Place in Theories. En: Theories and Things. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
________. (1991). Two Dogmas in Retrospect. En: Canadian Journal of Philosophy. vol. 21, p. 265-274.
________. (1995). Peirce’s Logic. En: Selected Logic Papers. Enlarged edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
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