Abstract

CARDENAS CASTANEDA, Leonardo. Quine's Naturalized Epistemology vs. The indeterminacy of translation: A structuralistic approach. discus.filos [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.23, pp.179-194. ISSN 0124-6127.

This paper intends to show that Quine's theory of the indeterminacy of translation is incompatible with any attempt at naturalizing epistemology, because if we accept that one of the implications of the indeterminacy of translation is the elimination of intensional discourse, then it would not be possible to develop objective standards that serve as indicators of progress and genuine scientific knowledge. In addition, I will draw on the structuralist distinction between theoretical-terms and non-theoretical-terms, in order to criticize the behaviorism to which Quinean naturalism can lead. The point in this part of the work is that this distinction is important for a scientific theory can make predictions in a satisfactory way.

Keywords : Behaviorism; naturalized epistemology; metatheoretical structuralism; indeterminacy of translation.

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