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Willard Van Orman Quine (June 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000), usually cited as W.V. Quine or W.V.O. Quine but known to his friends as Van, was one of the most influential American philosophers and logicians of the 20th century.
Overview
Quine falls squarely into the analytic philosophy tradition, while also being the main proponent of the view that philosophy is not conceptual analysis. Quine spent his entire career teaching philosophy and mathematics at Harvard University, his alma mater, where he held the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy from 1956 to 1978. His major writings include "Two Dogmas of Empiricism," which attacked the distinction between analytic and synthetic propositions and advocated a form of semantic holism, and Word and Object which further developed these positions and introduced the notorious indeterminacy of translation thesis.
Life
The Time of My Life (1986) is his autobiography. More on [ Willard Van Orman Quine ]
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Analyticity Reconsidered - Scholarly article by Paul Boghossian. Critiques commonly held beliefs on Quine's writings on analyticity.
Bibliography - Extensive searchable bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Provided by the University of California, Irvine.
MacTutor History of Mathematics: Quine - Biographical article with pictures, references and links to related thinkers.
Meta Description: [ Willard Van Quine (1908-2000) ]
PhilosophyPages: Quine - A brief discussion of the life and works of W.V.O. Quine, with links to additional information.
Meta Description: [ A brief discussion of the life and works of W.V.O. Quine, with links to additional information. ]
Quine: On What There Is - Online exercises testing knowledge of this 1948 essay. Prepared by Harry J. Gensler.
Meta Description: [ Quine: On What There Is (Web exercise) ]
Understanding Quine's Theses of Indetermincy - 1995 master's thesis, by Nick Bostrom.
Meta Description: [ "What does Quine's thesis of indeterminacy of translation really say? How are we to make sense of it? ]
Willard V. Quine - Obituary by Paul O'Grady from Philosophy Now.
Willard van Orman Quine - Extensive resource site about the mathematician and philosopher, maintained by his son. Includes book list, article list, citations, obituaries, photographs, guest book, and links to other resources.
Meta Description: [ Home page for Willard Van Orman Quine, mathematician and philosopher including list of books, articles, essays, students, and travels. Includes links to other Willard Van Orman Quine Internet resources as well as to other Family Web Sites by Douglas Boynton Quine. ]
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