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How Do We Deal With Conflicts Between Different World Views If They Are Based on the Same Evidence?: The Philosophical Problem of Underdetermination in the Thought of W.V. Quine and Donald Davidson - Hardcover

Adeel, M. Ashraf

 
9780773413535: How Do We Deal With Conflicts Between Different World Views If They Are Based on the Same Evidence?: The Philosophical Problem of Underdetermination in the Thought of W.V. Quine and Donald Davidson

Synopsis

The central point of the book is that the thesis of underdetermination is a viable thesis and provides an epistemological basis for pluralism by justifying alternative world views or conceptual schemes in science. The book examines both Quine's and Davidson's views on underdetermination and language and argues underdetermination provides an epistemological basis for pluralism.

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About the Author

Dr. M. Ashraf Adeel is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Adeel received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Hawaii.

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