Quine Reading Group

A new reading group just dropped! The Quine Reading Group (QRG) is open to any student interested in the work and thought of Willard van Orman Quine, philosophy of language and epistemology, analytic philosophy, or related topics and themes. This SU25, the Student Philosophy Association will be discussing Word and Object (1960, MIT Press). Participants will discuss a few sections at each meeting.

• Times: The group will meet on Thursdays at 5:00pm beginning May 29th 2025 and ending August 21st 2025.
• Location: The first meeting will be held on Zoom (https://csulb.zoom.us/j/4785749490). Subsequent meetings are tbd; the group may continue to meet on Zoom or move to a physical location depending on the will of the group.

For further details, questions, or adjustments to scheduling of events, please contact organizer and SPA president Grant Lowell.

Summer 2025

Word and Object (1960): Preface, Table of Contents, Bibliography, Index

May 29th
Chapter I (§1–6): Language and Truth

June 12th
Chapter II (§7–11). Translation and Meaning

June 26th
‘Two Dogmas of Empiricism‘ (Philosophical Review, 1951)

July 10th
Chapter II (§12–16): Translation and Meaning

July 24th
Chapter III (§17–25): The Ontogenesis of Reference

August 7th
Chapter IV (§26–32): Vagaries of Reference

August 21st
Chapter V (§33–39): Regimentation

September 4th
Chapter VI (§40–47): Flight from Intension

September 18th
Chapter VII (§48–56): Ontic Decision