Philip L Peterson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5911601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip L Peterson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip L |
| FAMILY NAME | Peterson |
| SIGNATURE | PETERSON P L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Are Some Propositions Empirically Necessary
Within contemporary epistemological inquiry, the existence and identifiability of propositions is widely presumed.' In addition, mental or cognitive is frequently mentioned.2 It makes good sense to distinguish (mental or cognitive) content from the (mental or cognitive) state of an organism or agent knowing, believing, hoping, etc. something, AND from the speech action of saying, questioning, commanding, etc. something. The content is the potenti…
An Essay on Facts
Semantic Indeterminacy and Scientific Underdetermination
Some critics believe Quine's semantic indeterminacy (indeterminacy of radical translation at home as well as abroad) thesis is true, but innocent, since it is just scientific underdetermination in linguistics. The Quinean reply is that in scientific underdetermination cases there are facts of the matter making claims true or false (whether knowable or not), whereas in semantic indeterminacy cases there simply are not. The critics' rejoinder that …
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Semantic Indeterminacy and Scientific Underdetermination
Some critics believe Quine's semantic indeterminacy (indeterminacy of radical translation at home as well as abroad) thesis is true, but innocent, since it is just scientific underdetermination in linguistics. The Quinean reply is that in scientific underdetermination cases there are facts of the matter making claims true or false (whether knowable or not), whereas in semantic indeterminacy cases there simply are not. The critics' rejoinder that …
An Essay on Facts
Are Some Propositions Empirically Necessary
Within contemporary epistemological inquiry, the existence and identifiability of propositions is widely presumed.' In addition, mental or cognitive is frequently mentioned.2 It makes good sense to distinguish (mental or cognitive) content from the (mental or cognitive) state of an organism or agent knowing, believing, hoping, etc. something, AND from the speech action of saying, questioning, commanding, etc. something. The content is the potenti…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Analytic philosophy (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Cognitive science (1 work)