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Single Idea 21697

[filed under theme 2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy ]

Full Idea

The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand [which I name from the Greek for 'ostrich']

Gist of Idea

The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand

Source

Willard Quine (Lecture on Nominalism [1946], §4)

Book Ref

'Oxford Studies in Metaphysics vol.4', ed/tr. Zimmerman,Dean W. [OUP 2008], p.9

A Reaction

David Armstrong said this is the the fallacy involved in a denial of universals. Quine is accusing Carnap and co. of the fallacy.

The 3 ideas from 'Lecture on Nominalism'

21696 Nominalism rejects both attributes and classes (where extensionalism accepts the classes) [Quine]
21697 The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand [Quine]
21698 All relations, apart from ancestrals, can be reduced to simpler logic [Quine]