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Word and Object Book
In a book written by W.V Quine. He challenges some of the most inherent things of the time.
"Language is a social art. In acquiring it we have to depend entirely on intersubjectively available cues as to what to say and when." Churchland, Patricia S., et al. “Word and Object, New Edition.” The MIT Press, The MIT Press, Jan. 2013, mitpress.mit.edu/books/word-and-object-new-edition. -
The Roots of Reference The Paul Carus Lectures
From the back cover of the book you can see the authors view of information flow. "Our only channel of information about the world is the impact of external forces on our sensory surfaces. So says science itself. There is no clairvoyance. How, then, can we have parlayed this meager sensory input into a full-blown scientific theory of the world? This is itself a scientific question. " Quine, W. V. The Roots of Reference. Open Court, 1973. -
Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
Won the first Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy for his systematical and penetrating discussion of how learning of language and communication are based on socially available evidence and of consequences of this for theories on knowledge and linguistic meaning. -
Kyoto Prize
Won the Kyoto Prize in 1996 which is Japans highest pricate award for global achievement in Arts and Philosophy for his outstanding contributions to the progress of Philosophy in the 20th century by proposing numerous theories based on keen insights, logic, epistemology, Philosophy of science and Philosophy of language.
Willard Van Orman Quin. Inamori Foundation. Accessed December 7th 2018. https://youtu.be/HAw8RzT8PLk
