Concept

Indeterminacy of translation

Overview

philosophical concept by W. V. Quine

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Philosophers who discussed Indeterminacy of translation

• Willard Van Orman Quine
• Hannes Leitgeb

Related ideas

• Grammar
• Analytic philosophy
• Truth value
• Translation
• Hypothesis
• Word and Object
• Skepticism
• Confirmation holism
• Set theory
• Crispin Wright
• Willard Van Orman Quine
• Behaviorism
• Hilary Putnam
• Inscrutability of reference
• Synonym

Place in the tradition

Part of American philosophy.

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