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Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher known for his work in logic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language. He is considered one of the leading analytic philosophers of the 20th century.

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“Linguistically, and hence conceptually, the things in sharpest focus are the things that are public enough to be talked of publicly, common and conspicuous enough to be talked of often, and near enough to sense to be quickly identified and learned by name; it is to these that words apply first and foremost.”

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Book:Word and Object

Source: Word and Object

“The three main medieval points of view regarding universals are designated by historians as realism, conceptualism, and nominalism. Essentially these same three doctrines reappear in twentieth-century surveys of the philosophy of mathematics under the new names logicism, intuitionism, and formalism.”

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Author:Willard Van Orman Quine

“Irrefragability, thy name is mathematics.”

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Book:The Ways of Paradox, and Other Essays

Source: The Ways of Paradox, and Other Essays

“Treating 'water' as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail.”

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Book:Word and Object

Source: Word and Object

About the Author

Born: June 25, 1908
Died: December 25, 2000
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 69

Books & Sources

Word and ObjectRelated source material

Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. QuineRelated source material

The Ways of Paradox, and Other EssaysRelated source material

Confessions of a Confirmed Extensionalist: And Other EssaysRelated source material

Philosophy of LogicRelated source material

QuidditiesRelated source material

Quine in DialogueRelated source material

Theories and ThingsRelated source material

From a Logical Point of View: 9 Logico-philosophical EssaysRelated source material

From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical EssaysRelated source material

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