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American philosopher W. V. Quine was born in Akron, Ohio, on June 25, 1908, and died in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 25, 2000. -
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First Steps in Philosophy
W. V. Quine received a scholarship to study at Harvard University, where he would finish his Ph.D. in 1932. He would later serve several years in the Navy; after doing so, he returned to Harvard and acquired a position as a professor educating for thirty years, retiring in 1978. -
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Published Works
In 1933 Mr. Quine published several novels. The first was a book based on his doctoral thesis. The novel was called A System of Logistics. One of his most influential papers was published in 193, with the title New Foundations for Mathematical Logic in the American Mathematical Monthly journal. He presented the invention of the heterodox system of set theory, with no model or consistency for the system. -
Philosophical Debates
During this time, Alfred Tarski, a Fellowship member, and Rudolf Carnap, a German philosopher, Visited Harvard, where they had three logical positivism debates. Carnap and Quine had very different standings on many philosophical discussions and theories. -
The Time of my Life
W. V. Quine published his autobiography, his account of his long life, a richly varied and rounded life. He nods to his journey with mathematical philosophy and logic In the earliest twentieth century.