psychology ↔ W.V.O. Quine

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W.V.O. Quine is related to psychology because he famously proposed that epistemology should be treated as a subdiscipline or 'chapter' of psychology, as detailed in [1], [2], and [3]. This naturalistic stance is a central point of contention for virtue epistemologists, who critique his descriptive approach to the field in [4].

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Naturalistic Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 3 facts

claimIn the essay 'Epistemology Naturalized,' W.V. Quine argues for conceiving epistemology as a 'chapter of psychology,' and for seeing epistemology and empirical science as containing and constraining one another.

claimW.V.O. Quine's naturalistic epistemology posits that epistemology is contained within psychology as a subdiscipline.

perspectiveW.V. Quine regards epistemology as a chapter of psychology.

Virtue Epistemology, Anyone? - The Philosophers' Magazine - philosophersmag.com The Philosopher's Magazine 1 fact

claimVirtue epistemologists oppose W.V.O. Quine's suggestion that epistemology should be a branch of psychology that is descriptive rather than prescriptive.