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Birth
W.V. Quine was born on June 25, 1908, in Akron, Ohio. -
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Childhood
Quine grew up in Akron, Ohio with his brother Robert Cloyd Quine, his father Cloyd Robert Quine, and his mother Harriet Ellis Van Orman Quine. -
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Oberlin College
After Graduating from Akron West High School in January 1926, he began school that fall at Oberlin College. Her he studied mathematics and eventually graduated with a Bachelors. During his time at Oberlin College is where Quine discovered the series of books "Principia Mathematica" written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell. These books were a major influence for the way Quine sees logic and philosophy. -
Harvard University
In the fall of 1930 Quine began his time at Harvard as a graduate student for philosophy. -
Ph.D. in Philosophy
After only 2 years at Harvard, Quine attained a Ph.D. in Philosophy with his most notable work of this time writing a dissertation named, "The Logic of Sequences: A Generalization of Principia Mathematica." -
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Sheldon Traveling Fellowship
Now "Dr. Quine" traveled to Europe after being awarded Harvard's Sheldon Traveling Fellowship. During this time went to Vienna, Austria where he attended meetings of the Vienna Circle and traveled to Prague, Czech Republic where he met Rudolf Carnap. -
Society of Fellows
April, 1933 was when Quine was elected to the newly formed Society of Fellows by Havard University. This 3 year span gave him time to focus on his research. -
A System of Logistic
In 1934 quine published his first book titled, "A System of Logistic."
This was a revised version of his dissertation he wrote while a student at Harvard. Quine, W.V. (Willard Van Orman). A System of Logistic. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1934. Print. -
Harvard Employment
In 1936 Quine started teaching at Harvard University. -
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Notable Books
Over the course of his career, Quine published many books about logic and set theory some of these books are as follows. Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman). Mathematical Logic. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1940. Print Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman). Word and Object. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1960. Print. Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman). Set Theory and Its Logic. 1st ed. Cambridge [Mass: Belknap Press, 1963. Print. -
Retired from Harvard
In 1973 Quine retired from Harvard University, but his work didn't stop there. He continued to publish books and give lectures about his whole idea of "Naturalized Epistemology." -
Death
At the age of 92 Quine died on Christmas Day in 2000 from Alzheimer in Boston Massachusetts.
