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On June 25, 1908, W.V. Quine was born in Akron, Ohio.
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After studying mathematics and logic at Oberlin College (1926–30) earning his B.A., Quine won a scholarship to Harvard University, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1932.
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In 1934, WV Quine published, A Systems Logic, which contributed significantly to the development of mathematical set theory.
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From 1942 to 1945 he served as a naval intelligence officer in Washington, D.C
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In 1947 Quine denied the existence of abstract entities and proposed the construction of logical and mathematical systems without resort to such entities
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In Word and Object (1960), however, Quine abandoned his earlier nominalism by acknowledging the existence of abstract entities.
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In December 1971 he delivered the prestigious Carus Lectures before the American Philosophical Association.
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In 1996, Quine received the Kyoto Prize, one of Japan's most prestigious awards given by a private foundation. He was awarded the $460, 000 prize in the category of creative arts and moral sciences.
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WV Quine died in Boston, Massachusetts on December 25, 2000.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yw-c8sGd_w The video is of WV Quine going over his theory of Ontological Relativity.
