Willard Van Orman Quine - Wikipedia
Quine was a teacher of logic and set theory. He was famous for his position that first order logic is the only kind worthy of the name, and developed his own system of mathematics and set theory, known as New Foundations.
Willard Van Orman Quine - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Apr 9, 2010 · Willard Van Orman Quine, 1908–2000, Philosopher and Mathematician, a site maintained by Douglas Quine, son of W. V. O. Quine, dedicated to the work of the latter. It includes bibliographical information, lists of books on Quine, and much else.
Willard Van Orman Quine home page by Douglas Boynton Quine
Home page for Willard Van Orman Quine, mathematician and philosopher who held the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1956-2000. Over the last half century his literary output was prodigious in such areas as mathematical logic, set theory, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of logic.
Willard Van Orman Quine: The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction
Willard Van Orman Quine was one of the most well-known American “analytic” philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant contributions to many areas of philosophy, including philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind/psychology (behaviorism).
The Themes of Quine's Philosophy: Meaning, Reference, and Knowledge
May 30, 2013 · In this thoughtful and detailed commentary on W.V. Quine's work, Edward Becker aims to explain and evaluate Quine's arguments for four conclusions that...
Willard Van Orman Quine died on Christmas Day. He played a crucial role in shaping philosophy during the twentieth century. Early encyclopedias classified him as a logician, but he soon came to be regarded as a general. philosopher, to begin with a philosopher of logic and language, but eventually. as a metaphysician, whose radical thoughts ...
Willard Van Orman Quine | Kyoto Prize - 京都賞
A great analytic philosopher, Dr. Willard Van Orman Quine, has made outstanding contributions to the progress of philosophy in the 20th century by proposing numerous theories based on keen insights in logic, epistemology, philosophy of science and philosophy of language.
Willard Quine - Harvard Square Library
Willard Van Orman Quine, one of the most important philosophers of the 20 th century, died on Christmas Day at the age of 92. In more than 20 books that have been translated into some 50 languages, Quine has addressed topics both weighty and whimsical.
A Companion to W.V.O. Quine | Wiley Online Books
Dec 6, 2013 · Provides an in-depth account and analysis of W.V.O. Quine’s contribution to American Philosophy, and his position as one of the late twentieth-century’s most influential analytic philosophers; Brings together newly-commissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophy
WILLARD VAN ORMAN QUINE ON SIMPLE THEORIES OF A COMPLEX WORLD It is not to be wondered that theory makers seek simplicity. When two theories are equally defensible on other counts, certainly the simpler of the two is to be preferred on the score of both beauty and convenience. But what is remarkable is that the simpler of two theories is generally
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