A Companion to W. V. O. Quine

This Companion brings together a team of leading figures in contemporary philosophy to provide an in-depth exposition and analysis of Quine’s extensive influence across philosophy’s many subfields, highlighting the breadth of his work, and revealing his continued significance today.

• Provides an in-depth account and analysis of W.V.O. Quine’s contribution to American Philosophy, and his position as one of the late twentieth-century’s most influential analytic philosophers
• Brings together newly-commissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophy
• Covers Quine’s work across philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, ontology and metaphysics, epistemology, and more
• Explores his work in relation to the origins of analytic philosophy in America, and to the history of philosophy more broadly
• Highlights the breadth of Quine’s work across the discipline, and demonstrates the continuing influence of his work within the philosophical community