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Willard Van Orman Quine June 25, 1908- December 25, 2000.
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In 1934, Willard Quine published a revised version of his dissertation entitled, “A System of Logistics”. The work of Willard Quine was in logic and philosophy. He is best known for his argument of logical empiricism use of the analytic-synthetic distinction. Quine’s thoughts on science were that science is our attempts to understand and our thrive for improvement of our ordinary know of our world. Quine felt that the best way to learn about the world was through natural science.
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In 1940, Willard Quine published “Mathematical Logic”. The mathematical logic is that there is mathematical reasoning in scientific explanations.
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In 1963, Willard Quine published “Set Theory and its Logic”.
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In 1990, Willard Quine published “Pursuit of Truth”.
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In 1995, five years before his death, Willard Quine published “From Stimulus to Science."
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On December 25, 2000, Willard Quine completed his contribution to the philosophy of science when he passed away in Boston Massachusetts. Willard Quine sparked the minds of other scientists and upcoming scientists when he argued analytic-synthetic distinction. Quine had one sole philosophical view and that was from the view of naturalism, which he viewed as fundamental.