Single Idea 8460

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis]

Full Idea

Successful explications (giving a precise sense to a term) have been found for the concepts of deduction, probability and computability, to name just three.

Gist of Idea

Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc

Source

W Quine / J Ullian (The Web of Belief [1970], 65), quoted by Alex Orenstein - W.V. Quine Ch.3

Book Reference

Orenstein,Alex: 'W.V. Quine' [Princeton 2002], p.50


A Reaction

Quine also cites the concept of an 'ordered pair'. Orenstein adds Tarski's definition of truth, Russell's definite descriptions, and the explication of existence in terms of quantifications. Cf. Idea 2958.

Related Idea

Idea 2958 No one has ever succeeded in producing an acceptable non-trivial analysis of anything [Lockwood]