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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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“Necessity resides in the way we talk about things, not in the things we talk about.”

Way

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“Wyman's overpopulated universe is in many ways unlovely. It offends the aesthetic sense of us who have a taste for desert landscapes.”

Way Universe Taste Desert Landscape Aesthetic

Book:Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine

Source: Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine

“English general and singular terms, identity, quantification, and the whole bag of ontological tricks may be correlated with elements of the native language in any of various mutually incompatible ways, each compatible with all possible linguistic data, and none preferable to another save as favored by a rationalization of the native language that is simple and natural to us.”

Way May Whole Language Term Natural Simple Identity Elements Various Tricks Data Native Bags Compatible Native Language

Book:Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine

Source: Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine

“Scientific method is the way to truth, but it affords, even in principle, no unique definition of truth. Any so-called pragmatic definition of truth is doomed to failure equally.”

Way Truth Science Principles Truth Is Unique Method Definitions Doomed Pragmatic Scientific Method Pragmatism

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

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Quine in DialogueRelated source material

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

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