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Birthday
He was born in Akron, Ohio. This is where he lived with his parents and brother. -
Bachelors
He earned his bachelors degree in art, summa cum laude from Oberlin College. -
Harvard
He graduated from Harvard University graduate school. It was in logic. -
Travels to Austria
He went to Vienna, Austria where is logic came into play. He studied at Warsaw in mathematical logic. The went to Prague which he became friends with a logical positivist leader named Rudolf Carnap. -
Published
He published A System of Logic. This was a huge development to mathematical set theory. -
Faculty
He took the job to be part of the Harvard faculty. -
Essay
New Foundations of Mathematical Logic. It was a revision of set theory, but it had some drawbacks. -
Two Dogmas of Empiricism
He published Two Dogma of Empiricism. This was about the analytic/ synthetic distinction. -
Logical Point of view
This spoke of developing naturalistic and relativized epistemology. -
Elected president
For the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. -
Kyoto Prize
This is a prestigious award given from Japan. $460,000 was given in creative arts and moral sciences. -
Death
The day he died. -
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Reference
Ilham Dilman, Quine on Ontology, Necessity, and Experience (SUNY, 1984) "Quine, W. V.." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Encyclopedia.com. 8 Jun. 2019 https://www.encyclopedia.com. The Philosophy of W. V. Quine, ed. by Lewis Edwin Hahn and Paul A. Schilpp (Open Court, 1998) "Willard Van Orman Quine." Encyclopedia of World Biography. . Encyclopedia.com. 8 Jun. 2019 https://www.encyclopedia.com.
