Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician
Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century". He served as the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard University... Wikipedia
Born: June 25, 1908, Akron, OH
Died: December 25, 2000 (age 92 years), Boston, MA
Influenced by: Rudolf Carnap, Charles Sanders Peirce, Alfred Tarski, and more
Influenced: Saul Kripke, Donald Davidson, Hilary Putnam, and more
Award: Rolf Schock Prizes (1993)
Children: Douglas Boynton Quine
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