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Willard Van Orman Quine is born in Akron, Ohio to an engineer, Cloyd Robert Quine and a teacher, Harriet Van Orman
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Quine earns his B.A. summa cum laude in mathematics from Oberlin College.
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In 1932 W.V. Quine earns his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University.
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Quine who is currently displeased with the current available materials for education takes the time to write Elementary Logic as a solution to quantification theory and first-order logic. This writing only took Quine six weeks. -
Quine join the U.S. Navy working chiefly in Naval intelligence, deciphering messages from German submarines -
After three years of service, Dr. Quine leaves the U.S. Navy after achieving the rank of O-4, Lt. Commander
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In 1951 Dr. Quine has Two Dogmas of Empiricism published, in which which he spoke on his belief that every meaningful statement is equivalent to some logical construct upon terms that refer to immediate experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL8zbGb2kf0 -
Quine's Method of Logic was written and designed for advanced undergraduate studies at Harvard. -
this thesis states that is that it is impossible to test a scientific hypothesis in isolation
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Quine publishes nine essays that are concerned with the theory of meaning and reference. And discussed philosophy and logic such as: To the existence of what objects may a given scientific theory be said to be committed? And what considerations may suitably guide us in accepting or revising such ontological commitments? -
Accepts Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard -
Quine expands upon the line of thought of his earlier writings in "From a Logical Point of View", and reformulates some of his earlier arguments
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W.V. Quine resigns his position of Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard in 1978. -
Quine provides a lightning tour of the history of philosophy, beginning with Plato and culminating in an appreciative sketch of Carnap’s philosophical ambitions and achievements. -
In 1996 Quine was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for his "outstanding contributions to the progress of philosophy in the 20th century by proposing numerous theories based on keen insights in logic, epistemology, philosophy of science and philosophy of language
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On Christmas Day 2000 W.V. Quine passed away due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease in Boston, Mass.
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A full translation of Quine's 1942 Portuguese language book. Includes Quine's historical-philosophical essay identifying the importance for semantics and ontology.
