Philosophy of Language Kripkenstein: Rule and Indeterminacy Xin Sheen Liu Syracuse University ABSTRACT: Indeterminacy theories, such as Wittgenstein's and Kripke's indeterminacy principle on rules and language and Quine's indeterminacy of radical translation, raise some fundamental questions on our knowledge and understanding. In this paper we try to outline and interpret Wittgenstein's and ...

Philosophy of Language Davidson and Indeterminacy of Meaning Maria Baghramian University College Dublin maria.baghramian@ucd.ie ABSTRACT: According to Quine's thesis of the indeterminacy of translation there are no facts of matter which could determine the choice between two or more incompatible translation schemes which are in accordance with all behavioral evidence. Donald Davidson agrees with ...