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Willard Van Orman Quine

W. V. Quine

American philosopher and logician (1900–2000).

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Statements about Willard Van Orman Quine

Country of Citizenship

United States

Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
Analytic Philosopher
Philosopher of Language
Epistemologist
Philosopher of Science
University Teacher
Philosopher
Logician
Linguist

Field of Work

Model Theory
Set Theory
Ontology

Place of Birth

Akron

Place of Death

Boston

Date of Birth

6/25/1908

Date of Death

12/25/2000

Instance Of

Human

Educated At

Harvard University
(1930 - 1932)
Start Time
: 1930
End Time
: 1932
Oberlin College
(1926 - 1930)
Start Time
: 1926
End Time
: 1930

Employer

Harvard University
(1933 - 1978)
Start Time
: 1933
End Time
: 1978
Wesleyan University
(1964 - 1965)
Start Time
: 1964
End Time
: 1965
United States Navy
(1942 - 1945)
Start Time
: 1942
End Time
: 1945

Given Name

Willard
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Van
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Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value

Award Received

Rolf Schock Prizes
(1993)
Point in Time
: 1993
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy
(1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
(June 1979)
Point in Time
: June 1979
Carus Lectures
(1971)
Point in Time
: 1971

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1957 - )
Start Time
: 1957

Doctoral Advisor

Alfred North Whitehead

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Family Name

Quine
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Orman
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Writing Language

English

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Place of Burial

Cremation

Name

Van

Academic Thesis

The Logic of Sequences: A Generalization of Principia Mathematica
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Publication Date
: 1932

Notable Work

Word and Object
The Roots of Reference
Two Dogmas of Empiricism
Quine–McCluskey Algorithm
Duhem–Quine Thesis
Quine's Paradox
Quine–Putnam Indispensability Argument

Child

Douglas Boynton Quine

Different From

William Edward Quine

Image

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Name in Native Language

Willard Van Orman Quine
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