Participants: W.V. Quine, Burton Dreben, George Boolos, Martin Davies, Rudolf Fara (chair)

Topics discussed include (A) modality and propositional attitudes, (B) the scope of logic, (C) the waning importance of ontology, (D) history of logic, (E) the influence of Tarski on Quine, (G) the logic that students ought to master.

The late Willard Van Orman Quine was described as "the greatest living English-speaking philosopher" and "the most influential American philosopher of the postwar period". In this series, Professor Quine takes part in an in-depth interviews.

Burton Dreben is guest panelist, and George Boolos replaces Paul Horwich, to discuss Quine's views on logic and philosophy of mathematics, including his analysis of the historical development of logic. Quine's stance on metaphysics, ontological commitment and his critique of modal logic is also scrutinized.

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