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Birth - June 25, 1908
Willard Van Orman Quine was born on June 25, 1908 in the city of Akron, Ohio. He stayed in Ohio for his first college stint. -
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Attended Oberlin College
Quine attended the Oberlin College where he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts with his major being Mathematics, and honors in mathematical philosophy. -
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Attended Harvard University
Quine attended Harvard where he received his Ph. D. in Philosophy. -
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Junior Fellow at Harvard's Society of Fellows.
He focused on logic and set theory. -
Published: A System of Logistic
This is a revision of his dissertation which he wrote from Whitehead and Russell's Principa Mathmatica Quine, W. V. A System of Logistic. Harvard University Press, 2013. -
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Professor at Harvard
He was an instructor, moved up to an Associate Professor in 1941 and finally became a Professor in 1948. -
Published: Mathematical Logic
Quine, Willard Van Orman. Mathematical Logic. Harvard University Press, 1981. -
Published: From a Logical Point of View
Quine, W. V. From a Logical Point of View. Harvard University Press, 1980. -
Published: Word and Object
Quine, W. V. Word and Object. Martino Fine Books, 2013. -
Published: Set Theory and It's Logic
Quine, W. V. Set Theory and Its Logic. Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 1971. -
Published: Ways of Paradox
Quine, Willard van Orman. The Ways of Paradox and Others Essays. Harvard Univ. Pr., 1976. -
Published: Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
Quine, W. V. Ontological Relativity and Other Essays. Columbia Univ. Pr., 1969. -
Published: The Roots of Reference.
Quine, W. V. The Roots of Reference. Open Court, 1990. -
Interviewed in 1977 by Bryan Magee
See the link below for the interview of W V Quine. ~45 minutes
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Published: Theories and Things.
Quine, Willard van Orman. Theories and Things. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1981. -
Published: Pursuit of Truth
Quine, Willard Van Orman. Pursuit of Truth. Harvard University Press, 2003. -
Published: From Stimulus to Science
Quine, W. V. From Stimulus to Science. Harvard Univ. Press, 1999. -
Died - December 25, 2000
Passed away in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a great mind and one of the greatest American Philosophers.
