Willard Van Orman Quine

Philosopher

Birthday June 25, 1908

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Ohio

DEATH DATE Dec 25, 2000 (92)

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About

Philosopher and logician in analytics. He was affiliated with Harvard University for 70 years.

Before Fame

He obtained his B.A. in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1930.

Trivia

He wrote a defense of moral censorship and was known for Two Dogmas of Empiricism from 1951 and Word and Object from 1960.

Family Life

He had four children. He wrote an autobiography, The Time of My Life, in 1986.

Associated With

He rejected the analytic–synthetic distinction after discussions with people such as Alfred Tarski.