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W. V. Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine was born on June 25th, 1908 in Akron, Ohio. -
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1908-2000
Willard Van Orman Quine was a Logician and philosopher in the analytic tradition. He contributed his work to logic, ontology, and epistemology. -
Oberlin College
Quine studied mathematics and logic at Oberlin College between 1926-1930 where he received his B.A summa cum laude in mathematics. -
Harvard University
After being awarded a scholarship he attended Harvard where he completed his Ph.D. in philosophy. -
Harvard Junior Fellow
During 1932-33 he went to Europe due to the Sheldon fellowship where he was introduced to polish logicians and the Vienna circle. -
Elementary Logic
In 1940 Quine published his Ad hoc solution to the lack of teaching for quantitative theory and order predicate logic. -
Naval Intelligence Officer
During WWII Quine served as a naval intelligence officer in Washington D.C from 1942 to 1945. -
Harvard Professor
In 1936 after his travel fellowship he joined the faculty, but he became a professor in 1948. -
"On What There is"
Quine published his dictum of ontological commitment "On What There is". -
Methods of Logic
Quine published this textbook on methods of logic. Which highlighted his undergraduate work by the four edition design. -
"Two Dogmas of Empiricism"
In 1951 Quine published "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" advocating in support of semantic holism. -
Edgar Pierce Chair
From 1956 to 1978 Quine held the Edgar Pierce chair of philosophy at Harvard. -
Naturalized Epistemology
In the 60's he published most of his work in Naturalized Epistemology where he sought to answer substantive questions of knowledge, meaning by application of natural sciences. -
Philosophy Logic
Quine published the Philosophy Logic which applied several Quinian themes, use-mentions confusions, quantified modal logic, and higher-order logic. -
Honorary Doctorate
In 1980 he received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in Sweden in the humanities department. -
Schock Prize
In 1993 Quine won the first Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy, as well as the Kyoto prize in arts and philosophy. -
Death
On Christmas day, 2000 Quine died from Alzheimers. -
Youtube Video
Youtube
attached above is a audio video that helps in understanding his life. -
Reference
Duignan, B. (2022, December 21). Willard Van Orman Quine | Biography, Books, Philosophy, & Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Willard-Van-Orman-Quine