The philosophical differences between Carnap and Quine were vast and principled in the end, or perhaps they only appeared so because the two were so close and because the points of divergence are so clearly traceable. Presently, the prevailing impression is that Quine has won the day, surely also simply because Quine survived Carnap by almost 30 years. Indeed, Carnap has lapsed, it seems, into what is only the historic background of the present situation.