Hookway and Quine

The paper evaluates a letter from W.V.O. Quine to Christopher Hookway that discusses Hookway’s 1988 book on Quine. In the letter, Quine objects that Hookway makes him seem more radical than that he truly is. However, in the letter Quine does not challenge Hookway’s interpretation. Rather, he denies, on different grounds, that this interpretation applies to him. Not only is this disingenious, but it suggests that it was not so much Hookway that Quine was trying to convince, but himself.