Willard Van Orman Quine

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analytic philosopher human logician philosopher university teacher

Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher and logician known for his work on ontological relativity, the indeterminacy of translation, and the critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction.

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W. V. O. Quine	43
Willard Van Orman Quine canonical	24
W.V.O. Quine	8
Quine	2
Donald Davidson	1

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instanceOf	analytic philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ logician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
birthDate	1908-06-25 ⓘ
birthPlace	Akron ⓘ surface form: Akron, Ohio, United States
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2000-12-25 ⓘ
deathPlace	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
doctoralAdvisor	Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ Clarence Irving Lewis ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ Oberlin College ⓘ
employer	Harvard University ⓘ
familyName	Willard Van Orman Quine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quine
fieldOfWork	epistemology ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ
fullName	Willard Van Orman Quine self-link ⓘ
givenName	Willard ⓘ
influenced	Daniel Dennett ⓘ David Lewis ⓘ Donald Davidson ⓘ Hilary Putnam ⓘ Michael Dummett ⓘ Saul Kripke ⓘ
influencedBy	Bertrand Russell ⓘ David Hume ⓘ Gottlob Frege ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ Rudolf Carnap ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ American Philosophical Association ⓘ
movement	analytic philosophy ⓘ
notableIdea	confirmation holism ⓘ critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction ⓘ indeterminacy of translation ⓘ naturalized epistemology ⓘ ontological commitment ⓘ ontological relativity ⓘ web of belief ⓘ
notableWork	From a Logical Point of View ⓘ Ontological Relativity and Other Essays ⓘ Word and Object ⓘ “On What There Is” ⓘ “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” ⓘ
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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On Denoting → influenced → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Word and Object → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Ontological Relativity and Other Essays → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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“On What There Is” → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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The Logical Syntax of Language → influenced → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Hilary Putnam → doctoralAdvisor → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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From a Logical Point of View → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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David Lewis → doctoralAdvisor → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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identity of indiscernibles → criticizedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Clarence Irving Lewis → influenced → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

logical atomism → criticizedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Charles Sanders Peirce → influenced → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Geoffrey Hellman → influencedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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verification principle → criticizedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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William Alston → influencedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Nicholas Wolterstorff → doctoralAdvisor → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Mental Events → influencedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme → influencedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme → influencedBy → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Epistemology Naturalized → hasAuthor → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Existence and Quantification → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Speaking of Objects → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Speaking of Objects → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

Ontological Reduction and the World of Numbers → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ

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Ontological Reduction and the World of Numbers → author → Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ