Willard Van Orman Quine

Philosopher
BIRTHDAY
June 25,1908
Birthplace
Ohio
Age
Dec 25,2000,age 92
Birth Sign
Cancer
BIRTHDAY
June 25,1908 (age Dec 25,2000,age 92)
Birthplace
Ohio

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.