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Two Dogmas of empiricism
This paper was one of Quine's most regarded works and it tore into the radical ideals of the logical positivists regarding analytic-synthetic distinction of truths. Quine describes this distinction as a separation of "truths" based in fact, and "truths" based on shallow "meanings". Two Dogmas of Empiricism. Longmans, Green & Co, 1951. -
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WV Quine fills the Egdar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard
WV Quine was always affiliated with Harvard in some way. He made his start as a student, became a professor, and rose through the ranks from there. One of his main arguments, as a philosopher, was that philosophical knowledge isn't based on "conceptual analysis" but rather a combination of empirical sources. -
Word and Object
This book expanded upon all of Quine's earlier works, such as "Two Dogma's of Empiricism" and "From a Logical Point of View", and introduces his own notion of "indeterminacy of translation" Quine, W. V. Word and Object. MIT Press, 2013. -
Intdeterminacy of Translation
All of Quine's work up to this point led to his creation of the "Indeterminacy of Translation". The theory is based upon multiple factors. One factor is Indeterminacy of reference; which has to do with the unpredictability of the human mind, which makes it impossible for universal translations and decisions to be made. Another is Holophrastic Indeterminacy; which has to do with defending a hypothesis about a translation based on context. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMbMIbXwlQQ
