Semantic Holism

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Donald_Davidson
gptkb:Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
gptkbp:contrastsWith Semantic atomism
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Linguistics
gptkb:Analytic_philosophy
gptkbp:describes Meaning of words depends on relation to whole language
gptkbp:field gptkb:Philosophy_of_language
gptkb:Semantics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Semantic Holism
gptkbp:implies Underdetermination of theory by data
Meaning cannot be determined in isolation
Translation indeterminacy
gptkbp:notableWork 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism'
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Pragmatism
gptkb:Holism
Inferential role semantics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quine's_Philosophy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8