Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Ep. 294: Quine on Science vs. Epistemology (Part One)
Published 4 years, 4 months ago
Description
On W.V.O. Quine's "Epistemology Naturalized" (1969). What justifies scientific theory?
Not theory-free observations, as Quine shows us by considering how we figure out foreign languages. Instead of basing science on epistemology, Quine thought we need to make epistemology part of science.
Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.