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Single Idea 11103

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual ]

Full Idea

We must not leap to the fatalistic conclusion that we are stuck with the conceptual scheme that we grew up in. We can change it bit by bit, plank by plank.

Gist of Idea

We aren't stuck with our native conceptual scheme; we can gradually change it

Source

Willard Quine (Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis [1950], 5)

Book Ref

Quine,Willard: 'From a Logical Point of View' [Harper and Row 1963], p.78


A Reaction

This is an interesting commitment to Strawson's 'revisionary' metaphysics, rather than its duller cousin 'descriptive' metaphysics. Good for Quine. Remember, though, Davidson's 'On the Very Idea of Conceptual Scheme'.