Quine - Empiricism

Question 1

Analytic statements

Answer 1

Those whose truth can be determined solely by examining the meanings of the words used in the statement

Question 2

Cognitive synonymy

Answer 2

Two terms are cognitively synonymous if they can be substituted for each other in any statement without changing the truth value of the statement, except within words

Question 3

Economy in grammar and vocabulary

Answer 3

Find a minimum of basic concepts such that, once a distinctive notation has been appropriated to each of them, it becomes possible to express any desired further concept by mere combination and iteration of our basic notations

Question 4

Economy of practical expression

Answer 4

Case and brevity in the statement of multifarious relations. Efficient and effective use of language to convey complex ideas with ease and brevity

Question 5

Metalogic

Answer 5

Trying to understand the nature of logic itself and its relation to metaphysical concepts

Question 6

Radical reductionism

Answer 6

Every meaningful statement is held to be translatable into a statement (true or false) about immediate experience

Question 7

Verification theory

Answer 7

Statements are synonymous if and only if they are alike in the point of method of empirical confirmation