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Ideas from 'The Web of Belief' by W Quine / J Ullian [1970], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Web of Belief' by Quine,W.V./Ullian,J. [Random House 1978,394-32179-0]].

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis
8460 Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc
                        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.
                        From: W Quine / J Ullian (The Web of Belief [1970], 65), quoted by Alex Orenstein - W.V. Quine Ch.3
                        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.