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Willard Van Orman Quine was born on June 25, 1908 in the city of Akron, Ohio. He stayed in Ohio for his first college stint.
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Quine attended the Oberlin College where he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts with his major being Mathematics, and honors in mathematical philosophy.
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Quine attended Harvard where he received his Ph. D. in Philosophy.
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He focused on logic and set theory.
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This is a revision of his dissertation which he wrote from Whitehead and Russell's Principa Mathmatica Quine, W. V. A System of Logistic. Harvard University Press, 2013.
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He was an instructor, moved up to an Associate Professor in 1941 and finally became a Professor in 1948.
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Quine, Willard Van Orman. Mathematical Logic. Harvard University Press, 1981.
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Quine, W. V. From a Logical Point of View. Harvard University Press, 1980.
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Quine, W. V. Word and Object. Martino Fine Books, 2013.
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Quine, W. V. Set Theory and Its Logic. Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 1971.
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Quine, Willard van Orman. The Ways of Paradox and Others Essays. Harvard Univ. Pr., 1976.
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Quine, W. V. Ontological Relativity and Other Essays. Columbia Univ. Pr., 1969.
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Quine, W. V. The Roots of Reference. Open Court, 1990.
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See the link below for the interview of W V Quine. ~45 minutes
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Quine, Willard van Orman. Theories and Things. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1981.
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Quine, Willard Van Orman. Pursuit of Truth. Harvard University Press, 2003.
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Quine, W. V. From Stimulus to Science. Harvard Univ. Press, 1999.
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Passed away in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a great mind and one of the greatest American Philosophers.
