“The Crusade of Fodor and Lepore against Quine’s Holism. Protest of an Shopper Dissatisfied”. In this paper I discuss Fodor and Lepore’s arguments against Quinean semantic holism. I argue that Fodor and Lepore do not examine the more conclusive Quinean arguments in favor of this thesis. Then I point out that they misunderstand the Quinean articulation between epistemological holism, verificationism and semantic holism. Lastly, I suggest that the attack of Fodor and Lepore to Quine’s semantic holism tacitly presupposes a certain non epistemic atomism.

En este ensayo discuto los argumentos de Fodor y Lepore contra el holismo semántico de Quine. Sostengo que Fodor y Lepore no examinan los argumentos quineanos más concluyentes a favor de dicha tesis. Luego señalo que ellos malinterpretan la articulación quineana entre el holismo epistemológico, el verificacionismo y el holismo semántico. Por último, señalo que el ataque de Fodor y Lepore al holismo semántico de Quine presupone tácitamente un cierto atomismo no epistémico.

“The Crusade of Fodor and Lepore against Quine’s Holism. Protest of an Shopper Dissatisfied”. In this paper I discuss Fodor and Lepore’s arguments against Quinean semantic holism. I argue that Fodor and Lepore do not examine the more conclusive Quinean arguments in favor of this thesis. Then I point out that they misunderstand the Quinean articulation between epistemological holism, verificationism and semantic holism. Lastly, I suggest that the attack of Fodor and Lepore to Quine’s semantic holism tacitly presupposes a certain non epistemic atomism.