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1、TheGreatestLogicalPositivist269ofpoliticalthemesforthemostpart,thereisevenonebeautifullyformulatedstatementofhisownconservativecreed-theessayon20.TheGreatestLogicalPositivistFreedom.Anaddedcharmisthenotquiteself-deprecatinghumorexhibitedbysomeofthebestremarksinthebook,aswhe
2、nQuinewrites(intheessayonCommunication):"Examplestaperofftowherecommunicationislessfirmlyassured,aswhenHegelwrites'Truthisinleaguewithrealityagainstconsciousness,'orIwrite,'Log-icchasestruthupthetreeofgrammar.'IamconfidentthatIgraspandappreciatethismessageofHegel's,andthatt
3、herearephiloso-phersoflogicwhograspmine.Butmereacknowledgment,howeverInhisbookQuiddities,W.V.0.Quine,"themostdistinguishedandsincere-'Idigyou,'or'Ireadyou.Rogerandover'-isnotconclusiveinfluentialoflivingphilosophers"(P.F.Strawson'sdescriptionofevidenceofsuccessfulcommunicat
4、ion.TheLatinpupilgetslowQuine,onthedustjacket)presentsacollectionoflooselyconnectedmarkswhosays'Oh,IknowwhatitmeansbutIcan'tquiteputitessaysinaformatinspiredbyVoltaire'sPhilosophicalDictionary-intowords.'"andtheresultisaremarkableadditiontoEnglishliterature.'QuineInspiteoft
5、heimmenserangeoflearningQuinedisplays,thereareisnotonlyagreatphilosopherbutalsoamasteroftheEnglishlan-veryfewerrorsthatIcoulddetect.Themostsurprisingisthetotallyguageandagenuinepolymath,andthe"dictionary"format-morewrongstatementaboutquantumphysicswhichconstitutesthelasttha
6、neightyarticlesrangingfromA(Alphabet)toZ(Zero),andparagraphoftheessayonDiscreteness.TimeinquantummechanicsincludingentriesonBelief,Communication,FreeWill,Idiotisms,Lat-isnotdiscrete,andPlanck'sconstant,inanycase,isnotinunitsofinPronunciation,LongitudeandLatitude,Marks,Prize
7、s,Tolerance,time.Lesssurprising,butstillerroneous,isthelistingofErretBishopandTrinity-affordsQuineampleopportunitytowrite(and,hetellsassomeonewho"workedatit[constructivemathematics]withstan-usinthePreface,tohave"morethanhalfthefun")about"lowlierdardlogic"(p.36).Notonlyisthe
8、reverylittleerrorinthisbook,butthemes"thanphilosophy(whichoccupieslessthanhalftheb
